make real or concrete; give reality or substance to, be fully aware or cognizant of, expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass, transitive To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get, To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish, To convert into real property; to make real estate of, intransitive To bring into reality; make real, To obtain or achieve, as gain or profit, To exchange holdings or goods for money