materialise

Come into being

Materialise is the British spelling of materialize.

To materialise is to appear or come into being, often suddenly or unexpectedly: A figure materialised out of the fog.

The word suggests something becoming real or concrete from nothing, or from abstraction: Her plans never materialised.

In spiritualism, spirits supposedly materialise during séances.

appear

emerge

Come out into view

show · arise · loom · dawn · unfold · apparition · visibility · emergence · debut · unveil

manifest

actualize

Make concrete or real

substantiate · embody · bring about · come true · fulfillment · achievement · accomplishment · attainment · realization · fruition

magic

conjure

Summon by supernatural means

summoning · spellcasting · sorcery · enchantment · wizardry · séance · spirit · ghost · phantom · specter

tangible

concrete

Solid building mixture

substantial · corporeal · tactile · touchable · real · actual · definite · firm · perceptible · object

Opposites
physical manifestation

materialisedematerialise

Cease to be tangible

dematerialize · vanish · disappear · dissolve · evaporate

realization of expectations

materialisefall through

Fail to materialize

fizzle out · come to nothing · evaporate · collapse · dissolve

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