apprise
verb
°To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

crystallize
verb
°to make something form into crystals.
°to assume the form of a crystal.

sluggish
adjective
°Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
"And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
°Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.