Rip"en, v. t. 1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days
ripened the corn.
2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen
the judgment.
When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy
iust soul to dwell with God.
Milton.
Ripe"ness (?), n. [AS. rpness.] The state or quality of being ripe;
maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain;
ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did
ripeness give.
Denham.
Ri*pid"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;. fan + -lite.] (Min.) A
translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging
to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and
iron; -- called also clinochlore.
Ri*pi*e"nist (?), n. (Mus.) A player in the ripieno portion of an
orchestra. See Ripieno.
||Ri*pi*e"no (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Filling up; supplementary;
||supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only
||swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
{ Rip"ler (?), Rip"per (?), } n. [Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian.] (O.E.
Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
[Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper of his
fish.
Beau. & Fl.
Ri*post" (?), n. [F. riposte.] 1. In fencing, a return thrust after a
parry.