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RE'ALIZE, v.t.
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or
fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to
effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or
project.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill. To cause to seem real; to impress upon the
mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in
apprehension or experience.
Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton. To convert into real property; to make real
estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
To acquire as an actual possession; to
obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to
realize large profits from a speculation.
Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay. To convert into actual money; as, to
realize assets.
To convert any
kind of property into money, especially property representing
investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving. | ||||||||