consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.-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.-of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.-pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. see matter.-the substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.-to form from matter; to materialize.