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   Material , a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. Matériel.] 
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   Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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   The material elements of the universe.
   Whewell.
   
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   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; as, material well-being; material comforts.
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   Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant.
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   Discourse, which was always material, never trifling.
   Evelyn.
   
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   I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose.
   Locke.
   
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   (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
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   Material cause. See under Cause. -- Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. Wharton.
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   Syn. -- Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential.
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   Material, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
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   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.
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   Material, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.]
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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