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Recrystallize

Recrystallize \Re*crys"tal*lize\ (r[=e]*kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. i. & t. (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again.
--Henry.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
recrystallize

also re-crystallize, 1774, from re- + crystallize. Related: Recrystallized; recrystallizing.

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recrystallize

vb. To crystallize again; especially as a means of purification.

Usage examples of "recrystallize".

It had started existence as part of a glacierlike ice moon of the protoplanet Uranus, shattering, melting, and recrystallizing in the primeval eons of relentless bombardment.

Along the floor, the calcite flow had recrystallized, forming a shimmering, glowing, frozen river.

When he turned it in the flat sunlight he could see the sparkle of glass, the recrystallized minerals that were holding this lump together.

The marble blocks, from which the statues had been carved by his order, were pure white, recrystallized limestone, with none of the pinkness that confessed to manganese oxide traces.

Some of the snow melts and refreezes, recrystallizing to form a granular aggregate called névé.

Where she sat, mist curled up and snowed immediately down again as the methane sublimated and almost instantly recrystallized to solid phase in the bitter cold.