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rematerialize

rematerialize verb: to reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.

Verb

rematerialize (third-person singular simple present rematerializes, present participle rematerializing, simple past and past participle rematerialized)

  1. (intransitive) To reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.
    • The spaceship was rematerializing around all of us.1995, Margaret Simpson, Strange Orbit, page 68
  2. (transitive) To make material again; to restore physical form to.
    • "So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 15

Forms of rematerialize

third-person singular presentrematerializes
present participlerematerializing
past participlerematerialized
pastrematerialized

Origin of rematerialize

From re- + materialize.

Questions about rematerialize

What does rematerialize mean?
Rematerialize means to reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.
What part of speech is rematerialize?
Rematerialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rematerialize?
The past tense of rematerialize is rematerialized.

Words near rematerialize in the dictionary

  1. rematerialised
  2. rematerialises
  3. rematerialising
  4. rematerialization
  5. rematerializations
  6. rematerialize
  7. rematerialized
  8. rematerializes
  9. rematerializing
  10. remates
  11. remating

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