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<hw>Ma`te*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ useless, vain + <?/ discourse: cf. F. <ets>mat\'82ologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Mateotechny</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma`te*o*tech"ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ vain + <?/ art, science.]</ety> <def>Any unprofitable science.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mater</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., mother. See <er>Mother</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Alma mater</er>, <er>Dura mater</er>, and <er>Pia mater</er>.</def>

<h1>Material</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>materialis</ets>, fr. <ets>materia</ets> stuff, matter: cf. F. <ets>mat\'82riel</ets>. See <er>Matter</er>, and cf. <er>Mat\'90riel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; <as>as, <ex>material</ex> substance or bodies</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>material</b> elements of the universe. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.</def>

<blockquote>Discourse, which was always <b>material</b>, never trifling. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most <b>material</b> to our present purpose. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Logic.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See <er>Matter</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Material cause</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cause</er>.</cd> -- <col>Material evidence</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. <i>Wharton</i>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential.</syn>

<h1>Material</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma*te"ri*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.</def>

<cs><col>Raw material</col>, <cd>any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are <i>raw material<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Material</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma*te"ri*al</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form from matter; to materialize.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Materialism</h1> <Xpage=901>

<hw>Ma*te"ri*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mat\'82rialisme</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.</def>

<blockquote>The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the <b>materialism</b> of Epicurus. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Material substances in the aggregate; matter.</def> <mark>[R. & Obs.]</mark>