materiate

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adjective

Consisting of matter; material.

Opposite
immateriate
OriginLatin materiatus →
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Meanings

adjectivemateriate (not comparable)

alternative materiated

  1. not comparableobsoleteConsisting of matter; material.

    After long enquiry of things immersed in matter, to interpose some subject which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

    Antonyms: immateriate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveConsisting of matter; material.

Opposite
immateriate

Origin

  1. Latinmateriatus
  2. Englishmateriate

From Latin materiatus.

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APA

materiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiate

MLA

“materiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “materiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/materiate.

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