regasify

R1E1G2A1S1I1F4Y4

verb

To convert (a substance, especially liquefied natural gas (LNG)) back to gas.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbregasify (third-person singular simple present regasifies, present participle regasifying, simple past and past participle regasified)

present singular third person regasifies · participle present regasifying · participle past regasified · past regasified · alternative regassify

  1. To convert (a substance, especially liquefied natural gas (LNG)) back to gas.

    This new LNG business required very large investments […] to construct the plants that, at one end, would liquefy the gas and, at the other, regasify it […].

    2020, Daniel Yergin, The New Map, Penguin, published 2021, page 33

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₂-
  7. Ancient Greekχαῦνος (khaûnos)
  8. Ancient Greekχάος (kháos)
  9. Dutchgas
  10. Englishgas
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Italic*θakos
  13. Englishgasify
  14. Englishregasify

From re- + gasify.

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Translations

Finnish kaasuttaa uudelleen
  • kaasuttaa uudelleenconvert back to gas
French regazéifier
  • regazéifierconvert back to gas
German regasifizieren
  • regasifizierenconvert back to gas
Greek επαναεριοποίω
  • επαναεριοποίω (epanaeriopoío)convert back to gas
Italian rigassificare
  • rigassificareconvert back to gas
Polish regazyfikować, zregazyfikować
  • regazyfikowaćconvert back to gas
  • zregazyfikowaćconvert back to gas
Portuguese regaseificar
  • regaseificarconvert back to gas
Spanish regasificar
  • regasificarconvert back to gas
Cite this entry
APA

regasify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regasify

MLA

“regasify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regasify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regasify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regasify.

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