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Verb: dematerialise  ,dee-mu'teer-ee-u,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: dematerialize)
  1. Become invisible or disappear by apparently supernatural means
    "The most remarkable case on record of the power to dematerialise, is that of the raising of Lazarus from the dead";
    - dematerialize
     
  2. Convert physical documents or objects into digital form
    "The bank encouraged customers to dematerialise their share certificates";
    - dematerialize

Derived forms: dematerialises, dematerialising, dematerialised

Type of: disappear, go away, vanish

Antonym: materialise [Brit]