資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.