mature

Etymology 1

From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).

adj

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
   She is quite mature for her age.
   The excellent mature eggplants grown in the garden plot are quickly being being picked up by family and friends.
2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.
   a mature plan
3. Profound; careful.
   The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
4. (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. (television, film) Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
   mature content

Etymology 2

From Middle English maturen, from Middle French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin mātūrō.

verb

1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
   […] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection. 1797, Mr. Harrison, “A Biographical Sketch of Hogarth”, in The Comick Magazine, volume 1, London: Harrison and Co., page 3
2. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
   […] Trees […] have alwayes Fruit upon them, ripe, or preparing to mature; 1670, John Evelyn, chapter 35, in Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-trees, London, page 246
3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
   […] But these thoughts Full Counsel must mature: 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book1, lines 659–660
   […] much it now Imports they should be still deceiv’d, till time 1768, John Hoole, Cyrus: A Tragedy, London: T. Davies, actI, page 12
   […] I did not interrupt her, I was so busy maturing a plan I had had in my mind for some days […] 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, New York: Harper, Chapter13, p.262,
4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
   […] a ship well freighted with the stores The sun matures on India’s spicy shores, 1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems, London: J. Johnson, page 202
   There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed. 2009, Hugh Findlay, Practical Gardening, Vegetables and Fruits
5. (intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.
   Then Tom shall have his kite, and Fan new dollies, Till time matures them for important follies. 1776, Hannah Cowley, The Runaway, London: Prologue
   […] what I most wanted was time to grow up. The war had not matured me; 1970, Robertson Davies, chapter 2, in Fifth Business, part6, Toronto: Macmillan, page 103
7. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.
   When the bond matures, the full face value is payable to its bearer.