CRYSTALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crystalise mean? 

• CRYSTALISE (verb)
  The verb CRYSTALISE has 4 senses:

1. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

2. cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

3. assume crystalline form; become crystallized

4. cause to take on a definite and clear shape

  Familiarity information: CRYSTALISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYSTALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they crystalise    ... he / she / it crystalises   
Past simple: crystalised   
Past participle: crystalised   
-ing form: crystalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out

Context example:

Clear up the question of who is at fault

Hypernyms (to "crystalise" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize

Context example:

crystallize minerals

Hypernyms (to "crystalise" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Cause:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallize; effloresce (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Assume crystalline form; become crystallized

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallize; effloresce

Hypernyms (to "crystalise" is one way to...):

solidify (become solid)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crystalise"):

devitrify (become crystalline)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to take on a definite and clear shape

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize

Context example:

He tried to crystallize his thoughts

Hypernyms (to "crystalise" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something