crystallize Hear it!

crystallize definition

crys·tal·lize (kris′təl īz′)

transitive verb crystallized -·lized′, crystallizing -·liz′·ing

  1. to cause to form crystals or take on a crystalline structure
  2. to give a definite form to
  3. to coat with sugar

intransitive verb

  1. to become crystalline in form
  2. to take on a definite form their customs crystallized into law

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.