mature
/məˈtjʊər/ verb [I]Definition
AGE › to become completely grown or developed
BEHAVIOUR › to start to behave in a more mature way: Girls mature sooner than boys.
MONEY › If an investment (= money you have given to a bank or a company in order to make a profit) matures, you receive the money you have made from it.
(Definition of mature verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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