(medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.

(obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.

plural of maturative

The state of being mature, ready or ripe. prime state of productibility and self expression. / When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.

Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. / Brought to a state of complete readiness. / Profound; careful.

(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).

present participle of maturate

(transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. / (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). / (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

In a mature manner. / Acting with maturity.

The process of becoming mature. / (biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. / (medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.