Real

re'al, a. Actually being or existing not arti- ficial, counterfeit, or factitious. (Law.) Pert, to things fixed, permanent or immovable, as to lands and tenements, — as, real estate. [OF. LL. real is, pert, to the thing itself, L. res, thing.] — Re'ally, adv. Actually in truth. — ReSlism, -al-izm, n. Doctrine of the realists fidelity to nature or to real life, in art or literature. — ReSlist, n. One who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists an artist or writer who aims to adhere to real life in his delineations. — Realistic, a. Pert, to, or characteristic of, realists. — Reality, n. State or quality of being real actual being or existence of anything, — disting. mere appearance; fact; that which is real; an actual existence; truth; verity; certainty. [F. riaUte".] — Re'alty, n. (Law.) Real estate; that which has the nature or character of real estate. [Contr. of reality.] — Re'alize, [-IZED (-Tzd), -izing.] To make real, convert from imaginary or fictitious into actual; to cause to seem real, impre upon the mind as actual to convert into real property to obtain as the result of plans and efforts, gain, get. — v. To receive value or property, esp. in money. [OF. realiser.] — ReSJiz'- able, a. Capable of being realized. — Re'alizalion, n. Act of realizing or making real, or state of being realized. [OF. realisation.']