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Answer for the clue "Cause to take on a definite and clear shape ", 13 letters:
crystallizing

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of crystallize English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the formation of crystals [syn: crystallization , crystallisation ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crystallized (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing .] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal .] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

Usage examples of crystallizing.

Steam sprayed from the severed edges, crystallizing into flakes of dirty snow.

Lot expected the strand to slide through, expected to see blood crystallizing on a severed finger.

Shards of shattered transparent carapace had been crushed into its crystallizing flesh.

The Snow-flake emerged from the darkness like frost crystallizing on a windowpane.

The Snowflake emerged from the darkness like frost crystallizing on a windowpane.

But as the game progressed Vimes had been aware of the universe crystallizing around him.