verb
1. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
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Could you clarify these remarks?
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Clear up the question of who is at fault
• Syn:
↑clear, ↑clear up, ↑shed light on, ↑crystallize, ↑crystallise, ↑crystalize, ↑straighten out, ↑sort out, ↑enlighten, ↑illuminate, ↑elucidate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elucidative (for: ↑elucidate), ↑lucidity (for: ↑elucidate), ↑elucidation (for: ↑elucidate), ↑illumination (for: ↑illuminate)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
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crystallize minerals
• Syn: ↑crystallize, ↑crystallise, ↑crystalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystal (for: ↑crystalize), ↑crystallisation (for: ↑crystallise), ↑crystallization (for: ↑crystallize), ↑crystallizing (for: ↑crystallize), ↑crystal (for: ↑crystallize)
• Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy
• Hypernyms: ↑change integrity
• Cause: ↑crystallize, ↑crystalize, ↑effloresce
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
3. assume crystalline form; become crystallized
• Syn: ↑crystallize, ↑crystalize, ↑effloresce
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystal (for: ↑crystalize), ↑crystallization (for: ↑crystallize), ↑crystallizing (for: ↑crystallize), ↑crystal (for: ↑crystallize)
• Hypernyms: ↑solidify
• Hyponyms: ↑devitrify
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
4. cause to take on a definite and clear shape
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He tried to crystallize his thoughts
• Syn: ↑crystallize, ↑crystallise, ↑crystalize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crystallization (for: ↑crystallize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.