Crystallize

Verb

1. To make something form into crystals.

   "I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution."

2. To assume a crystalline form.

   "The copper sulphate crystallized from solution."

3. To give a definite or precise form to (something).

   "After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper."

4. To take a definite form.

   "My ideas crystallized overnight."

5. To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

   "We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar."