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Webster 1913 Edition

Real

Re′al

(rē′al)
,
Noun.
[Sp., fr.
real
royal, L.
regalis
. See
Regal
, and cf.
Ree
a coin.]
A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

Re-al′

(rā̍-äl′)
,
Adj.
Royal; regal; kingly.
[Obs.]
“The blood real of Thebes.”
Chaucer.

Re′al

(rē′al)
,
Adj.
[LL.
realis
, fr. L.
res
,
rei
, a thing: cf. F.
réel
. Cf.
Rebus
.]
1.
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary;
as, a description of
real
life
.
Whereat I waked, and found
Before mine eyes all
real
, as the dream
Had lively shadowed.
Milton.
2.
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to
ostensible
;
as, the
real
reason;
real
Madeira wine;
real
ginger.
Whose perfection far excelled
Hers in all
real
dignity.
Milton.
3.
Relating to things, not to persons.
[Obs.]
Many are perfect in men’s humors that are not greatly capable of the
real
part of business.
Bacon.
4.
(Alg.)
Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
5.
(Law)
Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements;
as,
real
property, in distinction from
personal
or
movable
property
.
Chattels real
(Law)
,
such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See
Chattel
.
–
Real action
(Law)
,
an action for the recovery of real property.
–
Real assets
(Law)
,
lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor.
–
Real composition
(Eccl. Law)
,
an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof.
Blackstone.
–
Real estate
or
Real property
,
lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land.
Kent.
Burrill.
–
Real presence
(R. C. Ch.)
,
the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation.
–
Real servitude
, called also
Predial servitude
(Civil Law)
,
a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor.
Erskine.
Bouvier.
Syn. – Actual; true; genuine; authentic.
–
Real
,
Actual
. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence;
as, a
real
, not imaginary, occurrence
. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, “It actually exists,” “It has actually been done.” Thus its reality is shown by its actuality. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment.
For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
Contracts the danger of an
actual
fault.
Dryden.
Our simple ideas are all
real
; all agree to the
reality
of things.
Locke.

Re′al

(rē′al)
,
Noun.
A realist.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Real

RE'AL

,
Adj.
[Low L. realis. The L. res and Eng. thing coincide exactly with the Heb. a word, a thing, an event. See Read and Thing.]
1.
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as a description of real life. The author describes a real scene or transaction.
2.
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit or factitious; as real Madeira wine; real ginger.
3.
True; genuine; not affected; not assumed. The woman appears in her real character.
4.
Relating to things, not to persons; not personal.
Many are perfect in men's humors, that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. [Little used or obsolete.]
5.
In law, pertaining to things fixed, permanent or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as real estate, opposed to personal or movable property.
Real action, in law, is an action which concerns real property.
Real assets, assets consisting in real estate, or lands and tenements descending to an heir, sufficient to answer the charges upon the estate created by the ancestor.
Chattels real, are such chattels as concern or savor of the reality; as a term for years of land, wardships in chivalry, the next presentation to a church, estate by statue-merchant, elegit, &c.
Real composition, is when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof.
Real presence, in the Romish church, the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ.

RE'AL

,

Definition 2024

réal

réal

See also: real, Real, and real.

French

Noun

réal m ‎(plural réaux)

  1. real (former currency of Spain)
  2. real (currency of Brazil)

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠeːlˠ/

Etymology 1

From Spanish real.

Alternative forms

  • raol (obsolete)

Noun

réal m, f ‎(genitive singular réil or réalach, nominative plural réalacha)

  1. (historical, numismatics) real
  2. (numismatics) sixpenny bit, (old) sixpence
Declension
Alternative declension

Etymology 2

Verb

réal ‎(present analytic réalann, future analytic réalfaidh, verbal noun réaladh, past participle réalta)

  1. (transitive) make clear, manifest
  2. (transitive, photography) develop
Conjugation

References

  • "réal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “réal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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