Maturate
71matter — I. n. 1. Substance, body. 2. Sense, substance. 3. Good sense, substance. 4. Trouble, cause of distress, difficulty. 5. Thing. 6. Indefinite amount, quantity, or portion. 7. Stuff, material, raw material …
72amount — n 1. total, grand total, sum, sum total, whole, aggregate, lot; All Sl. whole bunch, whole mess, whole deal, whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, whole shooting match, the works, whole ball of wax. 2. quantity, number, count, Scot and North Eng …
73develop — v 1. grow, evolve, increase, fill out, expand, enlarge, swell, wax, become greater or larger; mature, maturate, ripen; bloom, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; sprout, germinate, pullulate, bud, shoot, burst forth, burgeon; extend, distend,… …
74enlarge — v 1. increase, augment, add to, supplement; double, triple, treble, quadruple, multiply; magnify, amplify, make greater or larger or bigger, aggrandize, Chiefly Literary. greaten; expand, extend, distend, stretch, spread; widen, broaden, heighten …
75fester — v 1. suppurate, gather, matter, maturate, come or draw to a head; run, drain, discharge. 2. ulcerate, sphacelate; mortify, necrose, gangrene, putrefy, putresce. 3. rot, rot away, decay, decompose, disintegrate; corrupt, corrode, canker; spoil, go …
76flourish — v 1. grow, grow like a weed, increase, develop, wax; burgeon, mushroom, boom, spring up, burst forth; sprout, bud, germinate, pullulate; bloom, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; mature, maturate, ripen; luxuriate, abound, superabound. 2. be… …
77grow — v 1. increase, fill out, expand, develop, enlarge, swell, wax, become greater or larger; add to, augment, reinforce, supplement; double, triple, quadruple, multiply; extend, distend, stretch, spread; widen, heighten, lengthen, deepen, thicken;… …
78luxuriate — v 1. enjoy, bask in, indulge in, swim in, wallow in; feast on, savor, appreciate, gloat over, Inf. smack one s lips over, eat up; like, love, fancy, take to, Sl. dig; take pleasure in, be pleased with, take satisfaction in, derive pleasure from;… …
79mature — adj 1. full grown, grown, grown up, adult, full fledged, of age; marriageable, nubile, pubescent; womanly, manly, in the prime of life, in one s prime, middle aged, older; experienced, practised, knowledgeable, sophisticated, worldly. 2. ripe,… …
80progress — n 1. furtherance, upward movement, rise, promotion, improvement in rank, preferment; move up, graduation, elevation, ascension; ascent, climb, mounting, scaling. 2. breakthrough, step forward, stride, gain, major development; discovery, finding;… …
