'Maturating' definitions:
Definition of 'Maturating'
From: GCIDE
- Maturate \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. [1913 Webster]
- A tree may be maturated artificially. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). [1913 Webster]