Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Realize \Re"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Realized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Realizing}.] [Cf. F. r['e]aliser.]
   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.

   5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.

Realizing \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.