materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
materialized; materializing
1
2
: to cause to be materialistic
1
: to assume bodily form
2
a
: to appear especially suddenly
b
: to come into existence
materializer
noun
Examples of materialize in a Sentence
A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table.
Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
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materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz
materialized; materializing
1
: to give material form and substance to
2
: to assume or cause to assume bodily form
a ghost materialized out of nowhere
3
a
: to come into existence
a promise that never materialized
b
: to appear suddenly
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