crystallize
[kris-tl-ahyz]
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verb (used with object), crys·tal·lized, crys·tal·liz·ing.
to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
to give definite or concrete form to: to crystallize an idea.
to coat with sugar.
verb (used without object), crys·tal·lized, crys·tal·liz·ing.
to form crystals; become crystalline in form.
to assume definite or concrete form.
Also especially British, crys·tal·lise.
Origin of crystallize
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The normal antimoniate does not crystallise, and has an alkaline reaction.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The liquid, evaporated in a water bath, is left to crystallise.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Neutralise a hot dilute solution of hydrochloric acid with carbonate of barium, evaporate down, and crystallise.
It is purified by treating it several times with boiling 90 to 95 alcohol, filtering the liquor, and leaving it to crystallise.
Saturate dilute sulphuric acid with sesquicarbonate of ammonia, in slight excess; filter, gently evaporate, and crystallise.
crystallize
crystalize, crystallise or crystalise
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