crystallize
crystallise, v
1 [I, Tn](cause sth to) form into crystals (使某物)結晶.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) (into sth) (fig 比喻) (of ideas, plans, etc) become clear and definite; cause (ideas, plans, etc) to become clear and definite (指思想、 計劃等)變得清晰而明確; 使(思想、 計劃等)具體化
His vague ideas crystallized into a definite plan. 他那些模糊的想法變成了一個明確的計劃.
Reading your book helped crystallize my views. 我閱讀你的著作有助於澄清我的思想.