(1):
(a.) Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
(2):
(a.) 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):
(a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
(4):
(v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.
(5):
(n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
(6):
(a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.