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Verb: crystallise kris-tu`lIz Usage: Brit (=crystallize)
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate - Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
"crystallise minerals" - crystallize, crystalize, crystalise [Brit] - Cause to take on a definite and clear shape
"He tried to crystallise his thoughts" - crystallize, crystalise [Brit], crystalize - Assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- crystallize, crystalize, crystalise [Brit], effloresce
Derived forms: crystallised, crystallising, crystallises See also: crystallisation [Brit] Type of: change integrity, clarify, clear up, elucidate, form, shape, solidify |