crystallize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crystallize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crystallize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crystallize v cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts" Synonym(s): crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" Synonym(s): clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals" Synonym(s): crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise assume crystalline form; become crystallized Synonym(s): crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crystallize \Crys"tallize\ (kr[icr]s"t[ait]ll[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\, v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.