crystallize.
To make something form into crystals.
Meaning & usage
To make something form into crystals.
I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
To assume a crystalline form.
The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
To give a definite or precise form to (something).
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.
Where this word comes from
From crystal + -ize. The double l reflects the classical stem found in its etyma, Latin crystallus and Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos), rather than the simplified spelling of the English base noun. Compare Hellenistic Greek κρυσταλλίζειν (krustallízein, “to shine like crystal”), post‐classical Latin crystallizare (“to change into crystal”), and French cristalliser.
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