realizing
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Re·al·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing ]
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·i·zing a. Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred. -- Re*al*i*zing*ly, adv.
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