Definition of: crystallize

(kris′tə·līz) v. ·lized, ·liz·ing v.t.
1. To cause to form crystals or become crystalline.
2. To bring to definite and permanent form.
—v.i.
3. To assume the form of crystals.
4. To assume definite and permanent form.
—crys′tal·liz′a·ble adjective
—crys′·tal·li· za′tion noun