"rematerialize" meaning in English

See rematerialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rematerializes [present, singular, third-person], rematerializing [participle, present], rematerialized [participle, past], rematerialized [past]
Etymology: From re- + materialize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|materialize}} re- + materialize Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rematerialize-en-verb-EWi-wNNx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (transitive) To make material again; to restore physical form to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rematerialize-en-verb-3-V~oyDd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dematerialize, dematerialization, materialize, materialization, rematerialization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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