Definition of: materialize

(mə·tir′ē·əl·īz′) v. ·ized, ·iz·ing v.t.
1. To give material or actual form to; represent as material.
2. To cause (a spirit, etc.) to appear in visible form.
3. To make materialistic.
—v.i.
4. To assume material or visible form; appear.
5. To take form or shape; be realized: Our plans never materialized.
—ma·te′ri·al·i·za′tion noun
—ma·te′ri·al·iz′er noun