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verb (used without object)
1.
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
2.
to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition.
4.
to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
5.
to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
6.
to render materialistic.
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Materialise
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Also, especially British, ma·te·ri·al·ise.
Related forms
ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, noun
ma·te·ri·al·iz·er, noun
re·ma·te·ri·al·i·za·tion, noun
re·ma·te·ri·al·ize, verb, re·ma·te·ri·al·ized, re·ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
un·ma·te·ri·al·ized, adjective
Synonyms
1. emerge, show, rise, issue.
1. emerge, show, rise, issue.
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