·vt To form from matter; to Materialize.
II. Material ·noun The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
III. Material ·adj Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
IV. Material ·adj Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. ·see Matter.
V. Material ·adj Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
VI. 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.