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realities |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reality \Re*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Realities}. [Cf. F. r['e]alit['e], LL realitas. See 3d {Real}. and cf 2d {Realty}.] 1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything in distinction from mere appearance; fact A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. --Addison. 2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea. And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton. My neck may be an idea to you but it is reality to me --Beattie. 3. [See 1st {Realty}, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.] To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller. 4. (Law) See 2d {Realty}, 2.
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