realise

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verb

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

verbrealise (third-person singular simple present realises, present participle realising, simple past and past participle realised)

present singular third person realises · participle present realising · participle past realised · past realised · first person past singular realised · archaic present second person singular realisest · past second person singular realised · archaic past second person singular realisedst · present singular third person realises · archaic present singular third person realiseth · past singular third person realised · past plural realised · past subjunctive realised · participle present realising · participle past realised

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

    Utterly helpleſs, thou wert ſinking for ever, and realiſedſt not the fearfulneſs of thy poſition, for thus wert thou born and nurtured.

    1865, [Henry] Suso, “Light after Darkness”, in [anonymous], transl., Spiritual Voices from the Middle Ages. […], London: Joseph Masters, […], →OCLC, part V (Of the State of Grace), paragraph 97, pages 75–76
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    [F]aith realiſeth the ſufferings of Chriſt; it looks upon Chriſt as the common treaſury of all grace, as the principle of life, and root of holineſs.

    a. 1733 (date written), Thomas Boston, “The Danger of Unworthy Communicating”, in An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, with Reference to Faith and Practice. […], 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: […] Schaw and Pillans, for the Reverend Joseph Johnston, […], published 1796, →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 348

    All joy or ſorrovv for the happineſs or calamities of others, is produced by an act of the imagination, that realiſes the event hovvever fictitious, or approximates it hovvever remote, by placing us for a time in the condition of him vvhoſe fortune vve comtemplate; […]

    1750 October 23 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. [60]. Friday, October 13. 1750.”, in The Rambler, volume III, Edinburgh: [[…] Sands, Murray, and Cochran]; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1750, →OCLC, pages 57–58

    Have faith in God! He shall dispose thy lot, / Nor weep for woe thou realisest not: / They shall precede thee to the better land, / And meet and greet thee on its joyful strand.

    [1849], “‘Woman, Why Weepest Thou?’”, in Memorials of Bertie’s Brother and Infant Sister. […], London: Ward and Co., […], →OCLC, page 79

    A lucky purchase which he had made of shares in a copper-mine added very considerably to his wealth, and he realised with great prudence while this mine was still at its full vogue.

    1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Pedigree and Other Family Matters”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 10

    SHE wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

    1915, Louis Joseph Vance, “Burglary”, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 35

Synonyms & antonyms

verbearn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Broader

verbconvert into cash; of goods and property

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verbexpand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

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verbmake real or concrete; give reality or substance to

Broader

verbbe fully aware or cognizant of

verbperceive (an idea or situation) mentally

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchréaliser“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”
  2. Frenchréaliser
  3. Englishrealise

From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.

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