crystallize
kri stuh lahyz
- v cause to take on a definite and clear shape
He tried to crystallize his thoughts - v make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- v cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystallize minerals - v assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- These simple observations, stated with a tinge of hope and pride, crystallize much of what China as a nation has learned about itself over the past two weeks.
- These simple observations, stated with a tinge of hope and pride, crystallize much of what China as a nation has learned about itself over the past several weeks.
- Britain's MI-5 intelligence service and Scotland Yard had been tracking the plot for several months, but only in the past two weeks had the plotters' planning begun to crystallize .