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Crystalize

verb
1.
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.  Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out.  "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
2.
Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form.  Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize.
3.
Assume crystalline form; become crystallized.  Synonyms: crystalise, crystallize, effloresce.
4.
Cause to take on a definite and clear shape.  Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize.






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... you and me and others; not a right in any sense, only a concession! Mr. President, I do not hold my liberties by any such tenure. On the contrary, I believe that whenever you establish that doctrine, whenever you crystalize that idea in the public mind of this country, you ring the death-knell ...
— An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony • Anonymous



Words linked to "Crystalize" :   shape, crystal, physics, natural philosophy, change integrity, devitrify, clarify, form, solidify



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