realize

realize
realize (v.) 1610s, "bring into existence," from Fr. réaliser "make real," from M.Fr. real "actual" (see REAL (Cf. real) (adj.)). Sense of "understand clearly" is first recorded 1775. Related: Realized; realizing.

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