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materialize

verb

  1. take physical form
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English material Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English materialize From material + -ize.

  1. To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
  2. To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

    a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]

    Don’t you find, that things fail to materialize? Nothing materializes! Everything withers in the bud.

  3. To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.
  4. To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
  5. To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.