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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Crystallize

/(krĭs"tal*līz)/ · Crys·tal·lize · IPA /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/
01 v. t. To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
imp. & p. p. Crystallized; p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing
  1. 1.
    To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
02 v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction; to precipitate …
  1. 1.
    To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction; to precipitate from a solution in the form of crystals.