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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[~e]r); superl.
     {Ripest}.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G.
     rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap.
     Cf. {Reap}.]
     1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
        perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
        ripe grain.
  
              So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
              Into thy mother's lap.                --Milton.
  
     2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
        cheese; ripe wine.
  
     3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
        consummate. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer.
  
              He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.
  
     4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
        sores, tumors, etc.
  
     5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  
              While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.
  
              I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
              bodies.                               --Burke.
  
     6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  
              Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak.
  
     Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.