v. t.
We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [ Greek inscriptions ] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett. [ 1913 Webster ]
We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who realizes. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]