Word Study
crystallize
CIDE DICTIONARY
crystallize, v. t. [Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal.].
To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. [1913 Webster]
crystallize, v. i.
To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction; to precipitate from a solution in the form of crystals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crystallize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. & intr. form or cause to form crystals.
2 (often foll. by out) a intr. (of ideas or plans) become definite. b tr. make definite.
3 tr. & intr. coat or impregnate or become coated or impregnated with sugar (crystallized fruit).
1 tr. & intr. form or cause to form crystals.
2 (often foll. by out) a intr. (of ideas or plans) become definite. b tr. make definite.
3 tr. & intr. coat or impregnate or become coated or impregnated with sugar (crystallized fruit).
Derivative
crystallizable adj. crystallization n.
THESAURUS
crystallize
cake, candy, come together, concrete, condense, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, form, gather around, granulate, harden, lithify, petrify, place itself, rally round, range itself, set, shape up, solidify, take a set, take form, take its place, take order, take rank, take shape, thicken, turn to stoneROGET THESAURUS
crystallize
Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.For further exploring for "crystallize" in Webster Dictionary Online
