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Word: crystallized
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From: gcide - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.]
   To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
   [1913 Webster]
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From: gcide - The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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crystallized \crystallized\ adj.
   1. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially
      of fruits.

   Syn: candied, glac['e], glac['e]ed.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline
      form.
      [PJC] Crystallogenic
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From: wn - WordNet (r) 2.0
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crystallized
     adj 1: having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish
            between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"-
            Psychological Abstracts [syn: {crystallised}] [ant: {uncrystallized}]
     2: having both internal structure and external form of a
        crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized" [syn:
        {crystalised}]
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From: moby-thes - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "crystallized":
   backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted,
   crusty, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified, incrusted,
   indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified, reinforced,
   rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened,
   strengthened, toughened, vitrified