crystallize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) crystallise / crystalise
• crystalize

Verb

crystallize (third-person singular simple present crystallizes, present participle crystallizing, simple past and past participle crystallized)

1. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals
2. (intransitive) to assume the form of a crystal
3. (transitive) to make something such as an idea more definite or precise
4. (intransitive) to become more definite or precise
5. (transitive) to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar

Translations

crystalize — see crystalize