Synonyms for crystallize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kris-tl-ahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪs tlˌaɪz


Définition of crystallize

Origin :
  • 1590s, from crystal + -ize. Figurative use is from 1660s. Related: Crystallized; crystallizing.
  • verb become settled
Example sentences :
  • It is difficult to crystallize and hard to obtain in pure condition.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • To speak of it would, however, seem to crystallize his feeling into a complaint.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey
  • Love will crystallize that Chinese legend into reality—for you and for Phil.
  • Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
  • To "sugar off" is to boil the sirup until it is thick enough to crystallize into sugar.
  • Extract from : « Being a Boy » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Nor does he seem to crystallize into anything except sunburn.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • But has he quite found himself, has his nature had time to crystallize?
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks
  • They, rather than the newspapers, crystallize it and give it articulate expression.
  • Extract from : « German philosophy and politics » by John Dewey
  • Certain pyroxenes also crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
  • Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
  • Nearly every mineral, under proper conditions, will crystallize.
  • Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
  • This solution is of a russet colour, and doth not crystallize.
  • Extract from : « Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. » by Pierre Joseph Macquer

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