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Realities

Reality \Re*al"i*ty\ (r[-e]*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Realities (-t[i^]z). [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 a 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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realities

n. (plural of reality English).