ma|te´ri|al|iz´er

ma|te|ri|al|ize «muh TIHR ee uh lyz», verb, -ized, -iz|ing.

–v.i.

1. to become an actual fact; be realized: »

Our plans for the party did not materialize.

2. to appear in material or bodily form: »

A spirit materialized from the smoke of the magician's fire. Wang vanished from the scene, to materialize presently in front of the house (Joseph Conrad).

–v.t.

1. to give material form to: »

The inventor materialized his ideas by building a model.

2. to cause to appear in material or bodily form: »

If you materialize angels in that way, where are you going to stop? (James M. Barrie).

3. to make materialistic: »

The system…tends to materialize our upper class, vulgarize our middle class, brutalize our lower class (Matthew Arnold).

–ma|te´ri|al|i|za´tion, noun.

–ma|te´ri|al|iz´er, noun.