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Conform to reason following groundbreaking realisation (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rationalise

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'conform' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'reason following groundbreaking realisation' is the wordplay.
'realisation' can be anagrammed to 'RATIONALISE'.
However, I'm not sure how this is indicated.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rationalise that I've seen before include "Justify with logic" , "Reorganise logically" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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