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materialize

verb

ma·​te·​ri·​al·​ize mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce materialize (audio)
materialized; materializing

transitive verb

1
a
: to make material : objectify
b
: to cause to appear in bodily form
materialize the spirits of the dead
2
: to cause to be materialistic

intransitive verb

1
: to assume bodily form
2
a
: to appear especially suddenly
b
: to come into existence
materializer noun

Example Sentences

A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table. Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
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Word History

First Known Use

1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

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The first known use of materialize was in 1710

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