Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having assumed the form of crystals: as, crystallized saltpeter or crystallized alum.
Wiktionary
- adj. having definitive and fixed form, solidified.
- adj. being crystalline, in the form of crystals.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of crystallize.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits.
- adj. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline form.
WordNet 3.0
Examples
“The proposal to erase the word crystallized opposition to the remaking of DSM-III.”
“But again the term crystallized as a specific literary slogan only in France.”
“• Mix in crystallized ginger and grated ginger -- with a fork, making sure the fresh ginger does not clump.”
“He isn't quite sure when the meaning of the phrase crystallized into the act of "summarily and decisively rejecting someone.”
“Stir in crystallized ginger, scrape into prepared pan.”
“Organizationally, in political and military terms, we were too weak to take advantage of the situation that crystallized from the first events of 16 June 1976.”
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
“As the idea crystallized I told it excitedly to my then girlfriend we were into the second month of a thirteen month round-the-world trip together, sharing everything.”
“Or perhaps the idea crystallized when he asked to see some of their native dances, and within an hour the dancers assembled on his lawn -- five hundred of them -- and performed until sundown.”
“Rather would it have been better had the idea crystallized in "Do it now.”
Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers
“It is the idea crystallized in legends like those of St. Christopher and St. Martin.”
Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers
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