Definition of recrystallize
recrystallized;
recrystallizing;
recrystallizes
transitive + intransitive
: to crystallize again or repeatedly
- In a second step, GE's long-established high-pressure technology … was used to dissolve and recrystallize a cluster [of tiny diamonds] into a single gem.
- —Lapidary Journal
- … the meteorite does show hints in some places of having melted and recrystallized, which could indicate more about the conditions under which it was knocked off from its parent body.
- —Alexandra Witze
