crystallize

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At last it was found that the syrup on the skimmer began to crystallize, and Mr. Hardy pronounced it to be fit to draw off into the large washing tubs to crystallize.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to form crystals or assume a crystalline structure.
  2. transitive verb To give a definite, precise, and usually permanent form to: The scientists finally crystallized their ideas about the role of the protein.
  3. transitive verb To coat with crystals, as of sugar.
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  • I was watching some detonol crystallize, in Martin Sair's room, and forgot to take it off the burner. —  Startling Stories January, 1939
  • But every time I try to re-crystallize the PA out of the alcohol solution I get more or less a zero return. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Picric acid
  • "It did kind of crystallize things," said Mr. Webb, —  Home | The New York Observer
  • Tom Barry at the Transborder Project of the Americas Policy Program cautions that the aim seems to be crystallize, not decisively break from, the harsh initiatives promoted by predecessor Michael Chertoff. —  RaceWire
  • In this widely used method of determining protein structure, researchers first crystallize a protein to be studied.
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  1. =F. cristalliser = Spanish cristalizar = Portuguese crystallizar = Italian cristallizzare = Dutch kristalliseren = German krystallisiren = Danish krystallisere = Swedish kristallisera; as crystal + -ize. Cf. Greek κρυσταλλίζειν, be clear as crystallography
 

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