crystalize

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make something form into crystals.
   • I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
2. (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form.
   • The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
   • After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To take a definite form.
   • My ideas crystallized overnight.
5. (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.
   • We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.