immateriate

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ materiate?

Adjective

immateriate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) immaterial
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.

References

• “immateriate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.