Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. 2. (v. i.) To approach or come to perfection. 3. (v. t.) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. 4. (v. t.) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.

Multi-Version Concordance Ripen (2 Occurrences) Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not grown up. (See JPS NAS NIV) Jeremiah 24:2 In the one basket 'are' figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket 'are' figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness. (See NIV)