About The Word Crystallize

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Crystallize

Crystallize Meaning & Definition
Crystallize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crystallize?

[v] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
[v] cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
[v] assume crystalline form; become crystallized
[v] cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crystallize: clear | clear up | crystalise | crystalise | crystalize | crystalize | crystallise | crystallise | effloresce | elucidate | enlighten | illuminate | shed light on | sort out | straighten out

Related Terms | Find terms related to Crystallize: cake | candy | come together | concrete | condense | draw up | fall in | fall into line | fall into place | fall into rank | form | gather around | granulate | harden | lithify | petrify | place itself | rally round | range itself | set | shape up | solidify | take a set | take form | take its place | take order | take rank | take shape | thicken | turn to stone

See Also | change integrity | clarify | crystallize | devitrify | form | shape | solidify

Crystallize In Webster's Dictionary

\Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
\Crys"tal*lize\, v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.

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