Verb (used with object) : to crystallize an idea.    From Dictionary.com. 

The water before them began to solidify, crystallise and finally grow.    From Wordnik.com.  [BUILD, BUILD, BUILD • by James Bloomer] Reference

Yesterday's case involving Shabina Begum has helped to crystallise them.    From Wordnik.com.  [School uniform and human rights] Reference

The choice of the term itself appears to have helped crystallise his thinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [UNITED NATIONS, INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA'S LIBERATION STRUGGLE] Reference

If the viscosity rises enough as it is cooled further, it may never crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

Elena, your words crystallise exactly the problem I have when I go to the doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘You’re Fat And Won’t Get Laid!’ - Acceptible Medical Commentary?] Reference

It was a time when the mass confusion that would crystallise later first developed.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's Going On] Reference

The mass when warmed to 0°C. first rapidly liquefies and then begins to crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference

When made from cane sugar, it does not crystallise; but if made from milk sugar, it does.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference

I am aware that four years is barely enough time for the gains of any prize to crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [CORA STAKEHOLDERS' WORKSHOP ON NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE] Reference

Keep on a low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved so the caramel does not crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Kolhammer taking on any kind of public role is going to crystallise these concerns and this debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheeseburger Gothic » And now, Gentlemen, down to business.] Reference

What a perfect way to crystallise the debate in such a way, having an EU vote on the very same day!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Cameron lying on Europe?] Reference

With flickers of rebellion on the Education front sufficing to crystallise a vibrant Cruddas youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-24] Reference

(Funny what can crystallise about your inner thoughts when you read a blog post that speaks to you.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten things to get over you] Reference

Kindness was ready in her mind; it but lacked the touch of an occasion to effervesce and crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lay Morals] Reference

No one can say with certainty what the new regional order will look like or when it might crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia and the Asia-Pacific Century] Reference

There will be income streams coming in, and analysts following it, waiting for the market to crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Thomas Frey: People Are Giving Birth To ‘Empire of One’ | Impact Lab] Reference

If it cools very slowly it will crystallise, so there is a minimum limit to the glass transition temperature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

But over time I want to let you know that the good memories crystallise and become stronger than ever, and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Pull Up a Chair…] Reference

Other universities are more dependent on publishers, who are more cautious and wait for a standard to crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-23] Reference

Post-Budget, it suggests, public support is slowly starting to crystallise around Brown and Darling on the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

But at present, in his peculiar isolated position, he is the likeliest man for any new movement to crystallise round.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orwell’s BBC Broadcasts: Colonial Discourse and the Rhetoric of Propaganda] Reference

As the team engages with the challenges, the issues will crystallise and the necessary funding requirements identified.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

No one can say with certainty what the new international or regional order will look like or when it might crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asia and International Security:�� An Australian Perspective] Reference

My only goal here is to get my thoughts out of my head and somewhere concrete... perhaps this will crystallise my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference

He liked being the one to pass it on, too, and his thoughts on what he might do after his discharge began to crystallise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fathers & Sons] Reference

It has come to crystallise everything that France fears in the EU - and its new constitution in particular, writes Bremner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The man who lost Europe] Reference

But to try and crystallise exactly what is the heart of this vision of the world, you would have to say something like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creation, Creativity and Creatureliness: the Wisdom of Finite Existence Study Day organised by the St Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality, Oxford] Reference

Pewsey, Taunton, Tiverton and all stations west at 11pm, it started to crystallise many of my embryonic thoughts on Darkmans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bookerthon 2007 - Darkmans by Nicola Barker] Reference

Then he waited for it to crystallise, drained off the remaining solution, and knocked a hole through into the flat next door.    From Wordnik.com.  [September 2nd, 2008] Reference

And somewhere deeper down another thought began to crystallise: if the business were successful he could do the same as Onerva.    From Wordnik.com.  [From: To steal her love, by Matti Joensuu] Reference

Most likely the possessor of this mark will follow it as a profession, or will crystallise his researches into the form of books.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palmistry for All] Reference

My standards don't seem to change according to mood and whim, though I hope they crystallise as my discernment and skill improve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Measuring success] Reference

However, the other night, the perfect word came to me, and it has helped me to crystallise what I plan to achieve in the coming year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kicking off 2008 with a themeword | FactoryCity] Reference

For the first time the little discrepancies and doubts that Gibson had hitherto ignored or forgotten began to crystallise in his mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sands of Mars]

He again attempted to crystallise the thought of the dearly loved, defeated woman in the presence of her to whom the world denied nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference

I am on Paul Holmes's side and a brilliant article by Jeffrey J. Williams in the American Dissent Magazine has helped crystallise my views.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

The bond issue served to crystallise opposition among fans, Kleinman said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference

Action: It could be worth selling assets to crystallise capital gains now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference