Dictionary entry

Maturate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mat″u‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Maturated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Maturating (?).] [L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to make ripe, fr. maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a.] 1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.

A tree may be maturated artificially. Fuller.

2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).