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▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  (originally chiefly Canada, US)
▸ verb:  To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
▸ verb:  To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real.
▸ verb:  To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real.
▸ verb:  (chiefly passive voice, slightly formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To achieve (one's) potential.
▸ verb:  (business, finance)
▸ verb:  To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property.
▸ verb:  To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etc.
▸ verb:  Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.
▸ verb:  (linguistics) To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language.
▸ verb:  (mathematics) To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure).
▸ verb:  (music)
▸ verb:  To arrange (a musical work written for a single performer) to be performed by an orchestra; to orchestrate.
▸ verb:  To complete (a musical work which is incomplete or not fully notated).
▸ verb:  Chiefly in Baroque music: to play an accompaniment, harmonies, etc., based on (a figured bass).
▸ verb:  (obsolete, US) To have an actual or real experience of (something).
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  To become aware of or understand a fact or situation.
▸ verb:  To cause to seem real; to make realistic.
▸ verb:  To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money.
▸ verb:  Followed by on or upon: to acquire money or a profit from the sale of an asset or property.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) With an adverb like badly or well: of an asset or property being sold: to generate little or a lot of money.

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