maturare

maturare [CL] 1 to ripen (fruit). messis in agris, uve in vineis ~averunt W. Malm. GR IV 369; vernus flores producit, estivus fructus ~at Balsh. AD rec. 2 156; ~antur ergo illi fructus Quaest. Salern. B 138; item queritur unde sit hoc, quod pira posita in palea hordei ~antur? Ib. Ba 111. 2 (med.) to bring (boil) to a head, to bring (condition) to a crisis (also fig.). plurima maturans antiqua recurrit ad arma Frith. 602; berula ‥ valet ad scrofulas ~andas Alph. 21. 3 to bring to maturity (mental quality or judgement). pro ~ando facilius scrutantis ingenio MGL I 529. 4 to bring to completion in good time, to hasten. b (w. inf.) to make haste to. promissum ~antes adventum Bede HE I 20 p. 38; scandit equum, pubesque virum comitatur euntem, / maturant alacresque viam Wulf. Swith. II 789; Cantuarium ergo ad ipsius patrocinia iter ~a Gosc. Mir. Aug. 25; transitum ~avit W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 216; 1160 super reditu vestro ~ando aut differendo ‥ contraria ‥ scribitis J. Sal. Ep. 128; ~abat, hastevet Teaching Latin I 29. b s1140 in Galliam navigare ~avit W. Malm. HN 486 p. 45; hujus igitur moris necessitate vir sanctus astrictus; Wintoniam ante Pascha ire ~abat Id. Wulfst. II 12. 5 (p. ppl. abl. as adv.) hastily, speedily. s1298 ~ato igitur diffinitores apostolorum petunt limina Chr. S. Edm. 69.

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