verb

• (slightly formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
• (transitive) To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
• (transitive) To cause to seem real to other people.
• (transitive) To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
• (transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
• (transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
• (transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
• (transitive, linguistics) To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.