verb
- Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation.
- usage: "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
- Grow old or older.
- usage: "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-what a depressing thought"; "Young men senesce"
- Ripen and generate pus.
- usage: "her wounds are festering"
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