Realities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in
              reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
                                                    --Addison.
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     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.
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              And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton.
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              My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality
              to me.                                --Beattie.
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     3. [See 1st {Realty}, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]
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              To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller.
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     4. (Law) See 2d {Realty}, 2.
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