Resolidified

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. To become solid again after melting or melting again; to restore a firm or hardened state after being liquid or softened; to return to a solid structure following a period of liquefaction or melting
2. The process of changing back into a solid form from a liquid state; regaining hardness or firmness once melted or softened; reestablishing a solid condition after liquefying
3. Undergoing solidification anew after thawing or liquefying; transforming once more into a stable, firm form; converting from a melted or softened state back into solid matter

Etymology: "Resolidified" is the past tense and past participle of "resolidify," so it simply reports that something has gone through the change again. The word is built from two parts: the prefix "re-," meaning "again" or "back," and "solidify," which means to make or become solid. Its parts come together in a fairly transparent way, so the word works much like its components suggest. The prefix "re-" traces back through Latin and Old French into English, where it has long been used to attach the sense of repetition or reversal to existing verbs. "Solidify" is a later formation from the same stock of Latin-derived material, built on the adjective "solid" with the verbal ending "-ify," which turns adjectives into verbs meaning "to make into." Together the two give the sense of hardening again after a substance has gone soft or liquid.

Synonyms: recrystallized, rewelded

Antonyms: melted, liquefied