Re"al*i`za*ble (r"al*`z*b'l), a. Capable of being realized.
Re`al*i*za"tion (-*z"shn), n. [Cf. F. réalisation.] The act of
realizing, or the state of being realized.
Re"al*ize (r"al*z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized (- zd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Realizing (- `zng).] [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.