verb B2 Upper-Intermediate

crystallise

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Crystallise (verb) means a non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.

verb

A non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.

"Opinion within his organisation had been changing and crystallising rapidly and the situation had altered within the past few months." — , Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways (1962)

"By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano." — Richard Fortey, The Earth (2004)

"As the time for the excursion drew near, details crystallised." — M. J. Wilson, Special train to Blackpool (1961)

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