materialize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

   a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]

2. 2
   verb

   come into being

3. 3
   verb

   To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

4. 4
   verb

   To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.

5. 5
   verb

   To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

6. 6
   verb

   To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.

Etymology

From material + -ize.