dematerialize
1dematerialize — de‧ma‧te‧ri‧a‧lize [ˌdiːməˈtɪəriəlaɪz ǁ ˈtɪr ] also dematerialise verb [transitive] FINANCE in trading shares, bonds etc, to change from a system based on Certificates (= official documents showing ownership) to paperless (= where records of… …
2Dematerialize — De ma*te ri*al*ize, v. t. To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. [1913 Webster] Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. Milman. [1913 Webster] …
3dematerialize — index disappear, dissipate (spread out) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4dematerialize — 1884; see DE (Cf. de ) + MATERIALIZE (Cf. materialize). Related: Dematerialized; dematerializing …
5dematerialize — (Amer.) v. make or become immaterial; lose apparent physical substance (also dematerialise) …
6dematerialize — (also dematerialise) ► VERB 1) become no longer physically present. 2) become spiritual rather than physical. DERIVATIVES dematerialization noun …
7dematerialize — [dē΄mə tir′ē ə līz΄] vi., vt. dematerialized, dematerializing to lose or cause to lose material form …
8dematerialize — verb Date: circa 1864 transitive verb to cause to become or appear immaterial intransitive verb to lose or appear to lose materiality • dematerialization noun …
9dematerialize — dematerialization, n. /dee meuh tear ee euh luyz /, v.t., v.i., dematerialized, dematerializing. to deprive of or lose material character. Also, esp. Brit., dematerialise. [1880 85; DE + MATERIALIZE] * * * …
10dematerialize — verb a) to disappear by becoming immaterial b) to cause something to disappear by becoming immaterial …
