Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MA-TURE, v.t. [L. maturo.]

1. To ripen; to hasten to a perfect state; to promote ripeness. Prick an apple with a pin full of holes, not deep and smear it with sack, to see if the virtual heat of the wine will not mature it. Bacon.
2. To advance toward perfection. Love indulged my labours past, / Matures my present, and shall bound my last. Pope.