reifte meaning and definition in german

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Verb

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First-person singular preterite of reifen.
Third-person singular preterite of reifen.
First-person singular subjunctive II of reifen.
Third-person singular subjunctive II of reifen.

Example

Und jetzt reifte die Vegetation mit Macht; Lowood schüttelte seine Locken; es wurde grün und blütenreich; seine großen Ulmen- und Eschen- und Eichen-Skelette wurden majestätischem Leben zurückgegeben.And now vegetation matured with vigour; Lowood shook loose its tresses; it became all green, all flowery; its great elm, ash, and oak skeletons were restored to majestic life; woodland plants sprang up profusely in its recesses; unnumbered varieties of moss filled its hollows, and it made a strange ground-sunshine out of the wealth of its wild primrose plants: I have seen their pale gold gleam in overshadowed spots like scatterings of the sweetest lustre.OP37014

Ihr Charakter reifte und entwickelte sich mit der furchtbarsten Schnelligkeit; ihre Laster wucherten; sie waren so stark, daß nur Grausamkeit ihnen Einhalt zu thun vermochte und Grausamkeit wollte ich nicht anwenden.I lived with that woman upstairs four years, and before that time she had tried me indeed: her character ripened and developed with frightful rapidity; her vices sprang up fast and rank: they were so strong, only cruelty could check them, and I would not use cruelty.OP164372