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

Two years later a definitive breakthrough took place as Michel succeeded in crystallizing the reaction center from the photosynthetic bacterium.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988] Reference

It's a kind of crystallizing moment in terms of why I'm proceeding with a type of social critique through what people are doing and saying about outer space.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kimberly Brooks: First Person Artist: Carrie Paterson, Barbarella And The Dark Side Of Mercury] Reference

"crystallizing" process Mr. Browning's genius has undergone.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)] Reference

He should as soon think of crystallizing soap-bubbles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

I feel like things in my life are slowly crystallizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [nessus Diary Entry] Reference

By Monday, that history's repetition was crystallizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Axelrod: Republican Congress Could Be 'More Extreme' Than Bush (EXCLUSIVE)] Reference

She has a lively eye and a gift for crystallizing ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet The Titans Of Taste] Reference

Unable to bear the pain crystallizing in his eyes, she pulled away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once An Angel]

I have not yet succeeded in crystallizing any of its more simple salts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference

It's very old and it's degraded to the point where it is crystallizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2005] Reference

I want to just say thank you to you for really crystallizing this issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2004] Reference

What sort of crystallizing event is this really going to turn out to be?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2009] Reference

But I will tell you that I think that the facts are crystallizing everyday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2004] Reference

ZEWE: Are you crystallizing what a third-place finish means for you tonight?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush and Gore Win in Iowa; Forbes and Keyes Beat Expectations - January 24, 2000] Reference

For Spain's young leader, just 43, it was the first of many crystallizing moments.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Way Works] Reference

The crystallizing process of a new and mighty nation had begun and was in rapid progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation in a Nutshell] Reference

A spirit obtained from molasses, the fluid which drains from sugar while it is crystallizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference

So, Dana, there you have it, really a crystallizing of the issues from both of these candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2008] Reference

Iodized potassic An immediate A brown oil crystallizing iodide. precipitate of after a time. periodate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference

It is a colorless substance crystallizing in fine needles, and, like most ammonium salts, is very soluble in water.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

Among individuals, custom, crystallizing into law, generally precedes the enforcement of that law by the community.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference

This means they would have to sell their shares as soon as they receive them, crystallizing their losses from the haircuts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bondholders] Reference

"He says things like 'crystallizing your intentions,' and 'changing people's molecular structure through music'," says Thomas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smooth As Santana] Reference

The feast that followed was another crystallizing photo op in what has become the central saga of our times, the war on terror.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Right Stuffing] Reference

The anger was stronger than the post-adrenaline shaking now, and he felt the fury crystallizing in his chest like a clenched fist.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Winter Haunting]

These differ much in appearance from the rhombic crystals obtained by crystallizing sulphur from its solution in carbon disulphide.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

She has a lively eye and, like Murray Moss, a gift for crystallizing ideas for those of us who don't know our Eames from our elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet The Titans Of Taste] Reference

When full put the tray in the deep tin and fill with the same crystallizing sirup, pouring around the sides and not over the flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc.] Reference

He called it a "crystallizing moment," and he said that it really helped lawmakers to understand, quote, "We really are in a crisis.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2008] Reference

Apparently, Marjorie Tench had made a rare appearance and deftly baited Rachel's father into crystallizing his position against NASA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deception Point]

So all I'm doing is taking the temperature of this from 55 degrees to 27 degrees, which is the crystallizing temperature for chocolate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2009] Reference

Such concerns are hardly new, but gritty first-hand r eports from the field have a way of crystallizing such problems in readers 'minds.    From Wordnik.com.  [As in Nixon's Time, Revelations Feed War Doubts] Reference

The trends, all night long, have been with the Republicans and in support of the president where that seemed to be the crystallizing issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2002] Reference

They are the central points around which the crystallizing and solidifying processes of national life and growth can alone be carried forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference