Definition of Matures

1. Verb. (third-person singular of mature) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Matures

1. mature [v] - See also: mature

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matures

maturative
maturatives
mature
mature-onset diabetes
mature bacteriophage
mature cataract
mature cell leukaemia
mature neutrophil
mature ovarian follicle
matured
maturely
maturement
matureness
maturer
maturers
matures (current term)
maturescent
maturest
maturing
maturish
maturities
maturity
maturity-onset diabetes
maturity-onset diabetes mellitus
maturity date
maturity onset diabetes of youth
matutinal
matutinal epilepsy
matutinally
matutinary

Literary usage of Matures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"Of the outstanding debt, 867000, which matures on the 1st Monday of January, proximo, has been called in by proclamation of the Governor, dated November 23, ..."

2. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1878)
"Northumberland matures his Plans. [CH. xxix. two months, but that was the longest; while an attempt, it was now certain, would be made to exclude Mary from ..."

3. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"When an instrument matures. Section 86.—[TIME OF MATURITY.] Every negotiable instrument is payable at the time fixed therein without grace. ..."

4. The Life and Times of Henry Clay by Calvin Calton (1846)
"Mr. Clay on the Alert to save the Protective Policy.—Difficulties of his Position.—matures his Plan.—Proposes the Compromise.—Explains it to the Senate. ..."

5. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"YOUNG. Like our shadows, Опт wishes lengthen as our sun declines. Virtue, not rolling suns, the mind matures; That life is ..."

6. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"The fruit hangs to the tree pretty well till it is fully ripe, but as the crop matures unevenly there is apt to be considerable loss from the dropping of ..."

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