vt to form from matter; to materialize.
2. material ·noun the substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
3. material ·adj consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
4. material ·adj pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. ·see matter.
5. material ·adj of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
6. material ·adj hence: pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.