(a.) Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical;
as, material substance or bodies.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of
cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
(a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a
thing. See Matter.
(n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may
be made.
(v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.
