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ripe

 (rīp)
adj. rip·er, rip·est
1. Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches.
2. Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese.
3. Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment.
4. Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90.
5. Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready: "By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup" (Alex Shoumatoff).
6. Sufficiently advanced; opportune: The time is ripe for great societal changes.
7. Sensuous and full: ripe lips.
8. Coarse or indecent; vulgar: the comic's ripe language.
9. Emitting a foul odor: "the dirt and stench ... the mountains of ripe bushmeat in every camp" (Bryan Mealer).

[Middle English, from Old English rīpe.]

ripe′ly adv.
ripe′ness n.
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riper

(ˈraɪpə)
n
(Historical Terms) obsolete Scot a thief
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Of 12 authors with 20 or more articles, nine were from Universiti Brunei Darussalam, two from RIPAS hospital, and one from Universiti Teknologi Brunei (Table 3).
/ Nec ripas datur horrendas et rauca fluenta / transportare prius, quam sedibus ossa quierunt."--"All this mob you observe is the helpless folk, the unburied.
Para as verificacoes, levou-se em conta o peso das telhas ceramicas francesas umidas, o peso proprio das ripas e dos componentes que, sucessivamente, se sobrepoem ao elemento estrutural verificado, bem como o peso proprio.
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Os modelos foram construidos com base de tijolos de 0,30 m, pilares de tubos de PVC concretados, piso de concreto, ripas de madeira para suporte das coberturas, fechamento lateral em chapas de madeira reconstituida, com abertura em uma das faces para o acesso a instrumentacao interna, telhado em duas aguas, com beirais de 0,16 m e inclinacao de 0,10 m (15%).