DEMATERIALIZE

dematerialize, dematerialise

(verb) become immaterial; disappear

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

dematerialize (third-person singular simple present dematerializes, present participle dematerializing, simple past and past participle dematerialized)

(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial.

(transitive) to cause something to disappear by becoming immaterial.

(transitive) to remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.)

Synonyms

• (disappear): disappear, disintegrate, dissolve, vanish

Source: Wiktionary


De`ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. t.

Definition: To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. Dematerializing matter by stripping if of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. Milman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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