mature
/məˈtʃʊr/, /-ˈtʊr/ v [I/T] (DEVELOP MENTALLY)Definition
› to become more developed mentally and emotionally and behave in a responsible way, or to cause someone to do this: [I] When you are the oldest child of a large family, you mature pretty quickly, because you have to take care of your younger brothers and sisters.
(Definition of mature v (DEVELOP MENTALLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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