1. Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
   "The cheese needs time to maturate properly";
   - mature, grow
    
2. Grow old or older
   "Wine maturates better in oak barrels";
   - senesce, age, get on, mature
    
3. (medicine) form or discharge pus during inflammation
   "The infection began to maturate";
   - fester, suppurate

Derived forms: maturated, maturates, maturating

Type of: develop, discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release