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De - Pt| English Dictionary: material' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. {Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. mat[82]riel. See {Matter}, and cf. {Mat[90]riel}.] 1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. --Whewell. 2. 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. 3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important. Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. --Evelyn. I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. --Locke. 4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See {Matter}. {Material cause}. See under {Cause}. {Material evidence} (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton. Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential. | |
