Material

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.

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