materialize

English

Alternative forms

• materialise (UK)

Etymology

material +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
   • Epes Sargent

     It is asserted that in a series of sittings extending through several months a female spirit form, temporarily materialized and not distinguishable from a human being, repeatedly came from a cabinet into the light […]

2. (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
3. (transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

Translations

to cause to take physical form or to appear

• Catalan: materialitzar (ca)
• Czech: zhmotnit
• Danish: materialisere
• Finnish: aineellistaa, materialisoida
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: materialisieren (de)
• Ido: materiigar (io)
• Portuguese: materializar (pt)
• Volapük: stöfükön

to take physical form or to appear seemingly from nowhere

• Catalan: materialitzar (ca)
• Czech: zhmotnit se
• Danish: materialisere
• Finnish: aineellistua, materialisoitua
• German: sich materialisieren
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: korpeskar (io)
• Portuguese: materializar (pt)
• Swedish: materialisera (sv)
• Volapük: stöfikön