CRYSTALLIZE -- Crossword entry

CRYSTALLIZE

to make something form into crystals

I crystallized the copper sulphate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
to assume a crystalline form

The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
to give something a definite or precise form

After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
to take a definite form

My ideas crystallized overnight.
to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar

We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.

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