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Webster 1913 Edition

Realize

Re′al-ize

(rē′al-īz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Realized
(-īzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Realizing
(-īˊzĭng)
.]
[Cf. F.
réaliser
.]
1.
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.
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
.

Re′al-ize

,
Verb.
I.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Realize

RE'ALIZE

, v.t.
1.
To bring into being or act; as, to realize a scheme or project.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain of sand against the globe of earth.
2.
To convert money into land, or personal into real estate.
3.
To impress on the mind as a reality; to believe, consider or treat as real. How little do men in full health realize their frailty and mortality.
Let the sincere christian realize the closing sentiment.
4.
To bring home to one's own case or experience; to consider as one's own; to feel in all its force. Who, at his fire side, can realize the distress of shipwrecked mariners?
This allusion must have had enhanced strength and beauty to the eye of a nation extensively devoted to a pastoral life, and therefore realizing all its fine scenes and the tender emotions to which they gave birth.
5.
To bring into actual existence and possession; to render tangible or effective. He never realized much profit from his trade or speculations.

Definition 2024

realizē

realizē

See also: realize

Latvian

Verb

realizē

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of realizēt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of realizēt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of realizēt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of realizēt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of realizēt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of realizēt

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