"remorphize" meaning in English

See remorphize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: remorphizes [present, singular, third-person], remorphizing [participle, present], remorphized [participle, past], remorphized [past]
Etymology: re- + morph + -ize Etymology templates: {{confix|en|re|morph|ize}} re- + morph + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} remorphize (third-person singular simple present remorphizes, present participle remorphizing, simple past and past participle remorphized)
  1. To return to the original form after it had been transformed.

Inflected forms

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