crys´tal|liz´a|ble

crys|tal|lize «KRIHS tuh lyz», verb, -lized, -liz|ing.

–v.i.

1. to form into crystals; solidify into crystals: »

Water crystallizes to form snow.

2. Figurative. to form into definite shape: »

After much thought his vague ideas crystallized into a clear plan.

–v.t.

1. to form into crystals; solidify into crystals.

2. Figurative. to give a definite form or shape to; realize: »

Someday our hopes will become crystallized. When the controversy was over, the thought of the church, crystallized by the mind of St. Augustine, was clearer than it had ever been before (Atlantic).

3. to coat with sugar.

–crys´tal|liz´a|ble, adjective.

–crys´tal|liz´er, noun.