crystallize
to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
to give definite or concrete form to: to crystallize an idea.
to coat with sugar.
to form crystals; become crystalline in form.
to assume definite or concrete form.
Origin of crystallize
1- Also especially British, crys·tal·lise .
Other words from crystallize
- crys·tal·liz·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- crys·tal·liz·a·ble, adjective
- crys·tal·liz·er, noun
- non·crys·tal·liz·a·ble, adjective
- non·crys·tal·lized, adjective
- non·crys·tal·liz·ing, adjective
- un·crys·tal·liz·a·ble, adjective
- un·crys·tal·lized, adjective
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How to use crystallize in a sentence
That crystallized it for me: The crime would push and test them.
Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance | Tim Teeman | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor religious people in particular, he also crystallized the theological choice.
A sculpture with crystallized, color-changing, holographic colors with black lights.
RiFF RaFF on Being James Franco’s Alleged ‘Spring Breakers’ Inspiration | Marlow Stern | March 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the moment crystallized the role that the once-maligned veep is playing in the 2012 campaign.
Joe Biden’s Visceral Politics on Display in NAACP Speech | Howard Kurtz | July 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“Rush Limbaugh has crystallized something that is bigger than just him,” Ciezadlo said.
Rush Limbaugh Wrongly Attacks Tracie McMillan as ‘Over-Educated’ ‘Authorette’ | Clarissa León | March 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Perhaps it was because things that had been forming in her young mind for weeks had at last crystallized into words.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartIn the valleys which we passed through, there was a large quantity of basaltic rock and most beautifully crystallized quartz.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe ether, on evaporation, left the ester which was crystallized from water and dried in a desiccator over sulphuric acid.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeOn boiling it with hydrochloric acid and cooling, lead chloride crystallized out.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe sulphate, of this composition, is obtained by drying the crystallized sulphate in an air bath at 100105.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius Stieglitz
British Dictionary definitions for crystallize
crystalize, crystallise or crystalise
/ (ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz) /
to form or cause to form crystals; assume or cause to assume a crystalline form or structure
to coat or become coated with sugar: crystallized fruit
to give a definite form or expression to (an idea, argument, etc) or (of an idea, argument, etc) to assume a recognizable or definite form
Derived forms of crystallize
- crystallizable, crystalizable, crystallisable or crystalisable, adjective
- crystallizability, crystalizability, crystallisability or crystalisability, noun
- crystallization, crystalization, crystallisation or crystalisation, noun
- crystallizer, crystalizer, crystalliser or crystaliser, noun
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