"material" meaning in Middle English

See material in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /matɛriˈaːl/, /maːtɛriˈaːl/, /maˈtɛːrial/, /matɛriˈɛːl/, /maˈtɛːriɛl/ Forms: materiale [plural], materiale [singular, weak]
Etymology: From Latin māteriālis; equivalent to matere + -al. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|māteriālis}} Latin māteriālis, {{af|enm|matere|-al}} matere + -al Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|materiale||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} material (plural and weak singular materiale), {{enm-adj|materiale}} material (plural and weak singular materiale)
  1. Extant in matter or having physical form; material. Categories (topical): Matter
    Sense id: en-material-enm-adj-um-VFFY5 Disambiguation of Matter: 40 9 6 41 4
  2. Not supernatural or spiritual; regular, conventional, worldly.
    Sense id: en-material-enm-adj-gDE1T-5w Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 23 32 5
  3. Being the physical attributes or properties of a thing.
    Sense id: en-material-enm-adj-Le1~5JwV Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 23 32 5
  4. Affecting or modifying physical matter or attributes. Categories (topical): Matter
    Sense id: en-material-enm-adj-5LrUsFG1 Disambiguation of Matter: 40 9 6 41 4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 31 23 32 5 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -al: 15 23 23 31 6
  5. (rare) Prominent, significant. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-material-enm-adj-u7Jn0Q~y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: materiel, materiall, materyal, materyall, matryal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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