rematerialize

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verb

To reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person rematerializes · participle present rematerializing · participle past rematerialized · past rematerialized

  1. intransitiveTo reappear in material form, having previously dematerialized.

    The spaceship was rematerializing around all of us.

    1995, Margaret Simpson, Strange Orbit, page 68
  2. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From re- + materialize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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