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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ripen .
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Examples
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White Wonder is a regular old slicing tamata, except its white skin ripens to the faintest yellow.
Groundwork: More tomatoes Adrian Higgins 2010
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A whole different dimension with which karma ripens - in other words, another dimension with which results come from these karmic actions - has to do with what we were speaking about in the beginning of this lecture, which is this dimension of happy and unhappy.
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They should, of course, be cut off along with the bough on which they may happen to be growing; and it is important to remember that this should be done before the seed ripens, which is usually at the beginning of the monsoon.
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Giving people 10-30 percent of fines and settlements resulting from wrongdoing encourages those who become aware of such incipient wrongdoing to wait until it "ripens" to the point that a fine or settlement is in order.
Marty Robins: Blow the Whistle on Pointless Whistleblowing Marty Robins 2010
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Giving people 10-30 percent of fines and settlements resulting from wrongdoing encourages those who become aware of such incipient wrongdoing to wait until it "ripens" to the point that a fine or settlement is in order.
Marty Robins: Blow the Whistle on Pointless Whistleblowing Marty Robins 2010
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I knew that this was due to the lack of rising time, which develops enzymes and "ripens" the dough and improves the crust.
LIGHT, TENDER 100% WHOLEWHEAT BREAD IN YOUR BREAD MACHINE Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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I knew that this was due to the lack of rising time, which develops enzymes and "ripens" the dough and improves the crust.
Archive 2007-05-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007
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Technically, the karmic aftermath of throwing karma "ripens" (smin-pa) to bring about the five aggregates of our next rebirth state and our experiences in that state.
The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising ��� Day Two: The First Seven Links 2000
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The activated karmic aftermath of throwing karma is the cause that "ripens" into that rebirth.
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Van der Merwe said tests showed the fruit is sweeter and ripens faster.
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