verb
- Cause to take on a definite and clear shape.
- usage: "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"
- synonyms: crystallise, crystalise, crystalize
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
- Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form.
- usage: "crystallize minerals"
- synonyms: crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
- Assume crystalline form; become crystallized.
- synonyms: crystalize, crystalise, effloresce
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