afterripen

verb

af·​ter·​rip·​en

¦af-tər-¦rī-pən

intransitive verb

: to undergo afterripening

transitive verb

: to subject to afterripening

Word History

Etymology

derivative of afterripening

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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