realise

Definition

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

Etymology

From real + -ise, possibly from French réaliser and Middle French réaliser (“to make real; to convert (something) into assets or cash”). See realize.

Example Sentences

• "[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."