crystallize

1. (transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals.Examples: "I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution."transitive

2. (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form.Examples: "The copper sulphate crystallized from solution."intransitive

3. (transitive) To give something a definite or precise form.Examples: "After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper."transitive

4. (intransitive) To take a definite form.Examples: "My ideas crystallized overnight."; "The situation did crystallize, if painfully, under the stars, and by morning each knew what he must confess."intransitive

5. (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.Examples: "We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar."transitive