realise
verbcommon in dialogue
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
verb
- 1
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
[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.
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; […]
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.
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.
Etymology
From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.
Forms
- past tense
- realised
- past participle
- realised
- present participle
- realising
- third person singular
- realises
realise · Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
realistic · Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or…reality · The state of being actual or real; realness.Reality · A female given name from English.