recrystallize

US: (rē kris′tl īz′)

Inflections of 'recrystallize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

recrystallizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

recrystallizing

v pres p (US & UK)

recrystallized

v past (US & UK)

recrystallized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•crys•tal•lize  (rē kris′tl īz′), v., -lized, -liz•ing. 
v.i. 

1. Crystallography to become crystallized again.
2. Metallurgy (of a metal) to acquire a new granular structure with new crystals because of plastic deformation, as when hot-worked.

v.t. 

3. Crystallography to crystallize again.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] re•crys′tal•lise′. 

• re- + crystallize 1790–1800

re•crys′tal•li•za′tion, n.