Materialize
(Ma*te"ri*al*ize), v. i. To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape. [Colloq.]
Materially
(Ma*te"ri*al*ly), adv.
1. In the state of matter.
I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that was not materially preëxistent in it.
Boyle. 2. In its essence; substantially.
An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil . . . an act in itself materially good.
South. 3. In an important manner or degree; essentially; as, it materially concerns us to know the real motives
of our actions.
Materialness
(Ma*te"ri*al*ness), n. The state of being material.
Materia medica
(||Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca) [L. See Matter, and Medical.]
1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; — a general term for all substances used
as curative agents in medicine.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that
are employed for the cure of diseases.
Materiarian
(Ma*te`ri*a"ri*an) n. [L. materiarius.] See Materialist. [Obs.]
Materiate
(Ma*te"ri*ate Ma*te"ri*a`ted) a. [L. materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.] Consisting
of matter. [Obs.] Bacon.
Materiation
(Ma*te`ri*a"tion) n. [L. materiatio woodwork.] Act of forming matter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Matériel
(||Ma`té`ri`el") n. [F. See Material.] That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or
instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions,
etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
Materious
(Ma*te"ri*ous) a. See Material. [Obs.]
Maternal
(Ma*ter"nal) a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.] Of or pertaining
to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
Syn. — See Motherly.
Maternally
(Ma*ter"nal*ly), adv. In a motherly manner.
Maternity
(Ma*ter"ni*ty) n. [F. maternité, LL. maternitas.] The state of being a mother; the character or
relation of a mother.
Matfelon
(Mat"fel*on) n. [W. madfelen.] (Bot.) The knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
Math
(Math) n. [AS. m&aemacrð; akin to mawan to mow, G. mahd math. See Mow to cut ] A mowing,
or that which is gathered by mowing; — chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath. [Obs.]
The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be sooner than the common math.
Bp. Hall.
