crystallise
English
Verb
crystallise (third-person singular simple present crystallises, present participle crystallising, simple past and past participle crystallised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.
- 1961 December, M. J. Wilson, “Special train to Blackpool”, in Trains Illustrated, page 755:
- As the time for the excursion drew near, details crystallised.
- 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376:
- Opinion within his organisation had been changing and crystallising rapidly and the situation had altered within the past few months.
- 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
- The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.
- 2021 November 18, Liam Byrne, “Business of the House”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), volume 703, column 765:
- In the wake of the Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia last year, will the Lord President confirm that no British political party should be taking cash from suspicious fortunes made in Russia and Uzbekistan? Can we have a debate in Government time as soon as possible to crystallise a cross-party consensus on this critical topic?
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Derived terms
- non-crystallising