  The mixed-valent spinel LiV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ is known as the first oxide
heavy-fermion system. There is a general consensus that a subtle interplay of
charge, spin, and orbital degrees of freedom of correlated electrons plays a
crucial role in the enhancement of quasi-particle mass, but the specific
mechanism has remained yet elusive. A charge-ordering (CO) instability of
V$^{3+}$ and V$^{4+}$ ions that is geometrically frustrated by the V pyrochlore
sublattice from forming a long-range CO down to $T$ = 0 K has been proposed as
a prime candidate for the mechanism. To uncover the hidden CO instability, we
applied epitaxial strain from a substrate on single-crystalline thin films of
LiV$_{2}$O$_{4}$. Here we show a strain-induced crystallization of heavy
fermions in a LiV$_{2}$O$_{4}$ film on MgO, where a charge-ordered insulator
comprising of a stack of V$^{3+}$ and V$^{4+}$ layers along [001], the
historical Verwey-type ordering, is stabilized by the in-plane tensile and
out-of-plane compressive strains from the substrate. Our discovery of the [001]
Verwey-type CO, together with previous realizations of a distinct [111] CO,
evidence the close proximity of the heavy-fermion state to degenerate CO states
mirroring the geometrical frustration of the pyrochlore lattice, which supports
the CO instability scenario for the mechanism behind the heavy-fermion
formation.
