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1825 G. P. Scrope Considerations on Volcanos xi. 233 By this process the upper zone of crystalline matter..was resolidified.

1845 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 135 165 When it [sc. carbonic acid] is melted and resolidified by a bath of low temperature, it then appears as a clear, transparent, crystalline, colourless body, like ice.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 9/2 Improving low grade butters by washing them in a melted state and then resolidifying them with buttermilk.

1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. ii. 9 Many materials can be melted and resolidified.

1998 Science 27 Feb. 1300/3 Melting and resolidifying materials is one of the oldest technologies around.

2004 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 152 1214 Community involvement..offers groups and institutions critical opportunities to define their own versions of justice and resolidify bonds with distanced members.

1857 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 147 586 On fusing this mass with a spirit-lamp, and collecting the liquid in a receiver, it frequently resolidifies instantaneously on cooling.

1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 546/1 The C[amphor] sublimes and resolidifies in the interior upper part of the flask.

1875 J. Croll Climate & Time xxxi. 523 The moment that it parts with the heat received, it will of course resolidify.

1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) ii. 115 The salt dissolves in its water of crystallisation and resolidifies as this water is driven off.

1987 O. E. Butler Dawn (1991) i. iii. 24 The tentacles moved like weirdly rippling skin, then resolidified.

2008 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Dec. e1 Use a small offset spatula to spread the mints into an even layer. Cool completely. Make sure the mint layer has resolidified.

1825 G. P. Scrope Considerations on Volcanos ii. 41 The weight of the column of liquid occupying the fissure, its refrigeration by contact with the cooler sides, and the diminution of focal temperature, ultimately check any further expansion, and produce the resolidification of the injected mass.

1860 M. Faraday in Proc. Royal Soc. 10 441 The pressure..would cause fusion at the place where the particles touched, accompanied by relief of the pressure and resolidification of the water at the place of contact.

1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) ii. 149 As the dehydration proceeds to completion, complete resolidification occurs.

1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 July a26 The United States will be especially vulnerable to the inevitable resolidification of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cartel.