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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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"Crystalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... you to study your crude material in the concrete will prove of value to you. It enables you to crystalize into ideas what were mere phantasms of the brain, to arrange your thoughts in their proper order, and to condense or expand details with a ready comprehension of the effect of such alterations upon the general proportions of the story. It makes your purposed ...
— Short Story Writing - A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story • Charles Raymond Barrett


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


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