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ac·tu·al·ize  (kch--lz)

v. ac·tu·al·ized, ac·tu·al·iz·ing, ac·tu·al·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To realize in action or make real: "More flexible life patterns could . . . nurture and renew our spirits through opportunities to actualize personal dreams" (Fred Best).

2. To describe or portray realistically.

v.intr.

To become actual.

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actu·al·i·zation (--l-zshn) n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	actualize - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" actualise, realize, substantiate, realise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" incarnate - make concrete and real express - manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait"
	2.	actualize - represent or describe realistically actualise represent - describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"