Category:Realize

Re"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized; p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing.] Etym: [cf. F. réaliser.]

1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the Actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to Realize a scheme or project. We realize what archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single Grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.

2. 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.

3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to Realize his fortune.

4. 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.

5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Realize Re"al*ize, v. t.

Defn: 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.