{ Ma*te"ri*ate (?), Ma*te"ri*a`ted (?), } a. [L. materiatus, p. p. of
materiare to build of wood.] Consisting of matter. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ma*te`ri*a"tion (?), n. [L. materiatio woodwork.] Act of forming
matter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
||Ma`té`ri`el" (?), n. [F. See Material.] That in a complex system
||which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in
||distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions,
||provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and
||apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.