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Definition of mature : 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full- grown; ripe.
2. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
3. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
4. Hence, to become due, as a note.
5. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
6. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
7. To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.

Synonyms:

originate, overblown, climb on, fledgeling, uprise, farm, board, get on with, get, fledgling, fester, hop on, autumnal, vaned, get along with, mount, fruiting, progress, suppurate, overripe, acquire, bestride, ripened, right, grownup, turn, grow, big, shape up, efflorescent, ready, produce, come on, arise, marriageable, fledged, come along, fully fledged, fully grown, thoughtful, jump on, raise, full-fledged, senesce, flowering, mount up, youth, perfected, prime, good, spring up, be on, maturate, considered, get on, rise, advance, full-blown, mellowed, abloom, get along, grown, advanced, headed

manly, sophisticated, experienced, nubile, middle-aged, serious, knowledgeable, full-grown, sedate, adult, reasonable, of age, prepared, developed, young, virile, seasoned, womanly, older, juvenile, grown-up, settled, matronly

geriatric, venerable, aged, matured, octogenarian, durable, vintage, elderly, superannuated, old, ripe, ancient

develop, last, age, season, grow old, deteriorate, decline, ripen, endure, mellow

Usage examples:

• The mature plants are 8- 10 cm. - "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.", George Francis Atkinson.
• This reply convinced the baronet that he had not been pre- mature in his judgment, and, with a new- born delight springing in his soul, he inquired why she thought so? - "Thaddeus of Warsaw", Jane Porter.
• He studies the present results of the mature experience of many ages, and then explains the distant past in the light of the present. - "German Problems and Personalities", Charles Sarolea.