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Definition of Crystalize

1. Verb. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

2. Verb. Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. "Crystallize minerals"

3. Verb. Assume crystalline form; become crystallized.

4. Verb. Cause to take on a definite and clear shape. "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"

Definition of Crystalize

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause something to form crystals ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially of sugar ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To give something a definite or precise form ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To take a definite form ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crystalize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crystalize

crystal rectifier crystal set crystal sets crystal stone crystal structure crystal tea crystal twinning crystal violet crystal violet vaccine crystalisation

crystalisations crystalise crystalised crystalises crystalising crystalize (current term) crystalized crystalizes crystalizing crystall

crystalliferous crystallin crystalline crystalline capsule crystalline cataract crystalline digitalin crystalline humor crystalline humour crystalline insulin zinc suspension crystalline interface

Literary usage of Crystalize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"Tin, to 'crystalize. — 'Sulphuric acid, 1 part ; soft water, 7 to 9 parts ; mix, and dip a sponge or rag in the solution and carry ..."

2. Rigby's Reliable Candy Teacher: With Complete and Modern Soda, Ice Cream and by Will O. Rigby, Fred Rigby (1920)
"RIGBY'S RELIABLE CANDY TEACHER When done crystalize them. ... Now run into starch prints and allow to stand over night, then crystalize. ..."

3. The Radical by Sidney H.. Morse, Joseph B.. Marvin (1867)
"Sooner or later they will crystalize in certain forms of thought, and after that there is no use to think of changing them. If there are some who never ..."

4. A Manual of Chemistry: On the Basis of Dr. Turner's Elements of Chemistry by John Johnston, Edward Turner (1848)
"Isomorphous substances, owing doubtless to their various points of resemblance, crystalize together with great readiness, and are separated from each other ..."

5. Fifty Years' Recollections: With Observations and Reflections on Historical by Jeriah Bonham (1883)
"In a day or two the sugar began to crystalize, and a melado was obtained ... The color of the syrup was very light, and the sugar began to crystalize in two ..."

6. The Cincinnati Lancet & Observer by John A. Murphy, E. B. Stevens, George Mendenhall (1868)
"It begins to crystalize in five to ten minutes, indicating about the ... It does not begin to crystalize within ten minutes, indicating less than the ..."

7. A Novel Proposition: Revolutionizing the Distribution of Wealth, Farm by David Lubin (1893)
"When left to its own solution, the transportation question is more apt to crystalize into schemes of what is for the worst interests of mankind. ..."

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