Defn: See 2d Realty, 2.
REALIZABLE
Re"al*i`za*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being realized.
REALIZATION
Re`al*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réalisation.]
Defn: The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.
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.