Ma-tē'ri-al-īze, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. MATERIALIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. MATERIALIZING.] [Fr. matérialiser, Sp. materializar, It. materializzare.]

1. To reduce to a state of matter; to regard as matter.
2. Hence, to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
3. To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material, instead of moral or religious interests; as, to materialize thought.