Re*al"i*ty (r&esl;*ăl"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. Realities (- t&ibreve;z). [Cf. F.
réalité, 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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