Maturate

  • 101fossilise — verb 1. convert to a fossil The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone • Syn: ↑fossilize • Derivationally related forms: ↑fossilisation, ↑fossilization (for: ↑fossilize), ↑ …

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  • 102fossilize — verb 1. convert to a fossil The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone • Syn: ↑fossilise • Derivationally related forms: ↑fossilisation (for: ↑fossilise), ↑fossilization, ↑ …

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  • 103grow up — verb become an adult (Freq. 17) • Hypernyms: ↑mature, ↑maturate, ↑grow • Hyponyms: ↑come of age • Verb Frames: Somebody s …

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  • 104growing — I noun 1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level (Freq. 3) he proposed an indicator of osseous… …

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  • 105maturement — noun coming to full development; becoming mature • Syn: ↑maturation, ↑ripening • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature, ↑ripen (for: ↑ripening), ↑maturational ( …

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  • 106ripening — noun 1. coming to full development; becoming mature (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑maturation, ↑maturement • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑maturement), ↑ripen, ↑ …

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  • 107suppuration — noun 1. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus • Syn: ↑festering, ↑maturation • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑maturation), ↑ …

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  • 108A|te — ate1 «ayt», verb. past tense of eat: »Father ate his dinner an hour ago. a|te2 «AY tee», noun. infatuation or mad impulse, sometimes personified, as in Greek drama. A|te «AY tee», noun. Greek Mythology. the goddess of recklessness and mischief,… …

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  • 109a|te — ate1 «ayt», verb. past tense of eat: »Father ate his dinner an hour ago. a|te2 «AY tee», noun. infatuation or mad impulse, sometimes personified, as in Greek drama. A|te «AY tee», noun. Greek Mythology. the goddess of recklessness and mischief,… …

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  • 110sup|pu|rate — «SUHP yuh rayt», intransitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. to form or discharge pus; fester; maturate: »The infected wound suppurated badly. ╂[< Latin suppūrāre (with English ate1) < …

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