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materiate

materiate adjective: consisting of matter; material.

Adjective

materiate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Consisting 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...
    Antonyms:
    immateriate

Antonyms of materiate

Forms of materiate

alternative formmateriated

Origin of materiate

From Latin materiatus.

Words formed from materiate

Questions about materiate

What does materiate mean?
Materiate means consisting of matter; material.
What part of speech is materiate?
Materiate is an adjective.

Words near materiate in the dictionary

  1. materials recovery facility
  2. materials science
  3. materials sciences
  4. materiarian
  5. materiarians
  6. materiate
  7. materiation
  8. materiel
  9. materiels
  10. materiology
  11. materiomic

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