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Materialize

//məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
  2. 2
    come into being; become reality wordnet
  3. 3
    To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive

    "a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]"

  4. 4
    To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition. British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
  5. 5
    To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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  1. 6
    To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive

Etymology

From material + -ize.

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