mature (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • mature (v.): I. Lit.: mātūro, cŏquo, percŏquo: v. to ripen. II. Fig.: to prepare thoroughly: Phr.: to m. one's plans, consilia sua expedire, Tac. H. 3, 73; *rationes suas expedire; omnia rite parare (v. to prepare): my plans are already m.d, jam instructa sunt mihi in corde consilia omnia, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 7. (Maturo is to hasten anything on lose no time: cf. Sall. Cat. 32, insidias consuli maturare.)