Verb

(head)

(crystallise)

Verb

(crystallis)

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, date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.}}

Verb

(head)

(crystallize)

Verb

(crystalliz)

(transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals

I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.

to assume a crystalline form

The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.

to give something a definite or precise form

After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.

to take a definite form

My ideas crystallized overnight.

to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar

We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.