brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.-completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.-of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.-come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.-to bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.-to advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.-hence, to become due, as a note.