happen, materialize, materialise
(verb) come into being; become reality; “Her dream really materialized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
materialize (third-person singular simple present materializes, present participle materializing, simple past and past participle materialized)
(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
(intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
(transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Materialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Materializing.] Etym: [Cf. F. matérialiser.]
1. To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects. Having wich wonderful art and beauty materialized, if I may so call it, a scheme of abstracted notions, and clothed the most nice, refined conceptions of philosophy in sensible images. Tatler.
2. To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
3. To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.
4. (Spiritualism)
Definition: To make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said of spirits. A female spirit form temporarily materialized, and not distinguishable from a human being. Epes Sargent.
Ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. i.
Definition: To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 December 2024
(noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
