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Cause to take on a definite and clear shape
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crystallizing
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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.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of crystallize English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the formation of crystals [syn: crystallization , crystallisation ]
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.