rematerialize

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ materialize.

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.
   • 1995, Margaret Simpson, Strange Orbit, page 68:

     The spaceship was rematerializing around all of us.

2. (transitive) To make material again; to restore physical form to.
   • 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 15:

     "So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."

Related terms

• dematerialize, dematerialization
• materialize, materialization
• rematerialization