Meaning of FAMILIARIZE
| Pronunciation: | | fu'milyu`rIz
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- [v] make familiar or acquainted with; "Familiarize yourself with the facilities here"
- [v] make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
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| | Synonyms: | | acquaint, familiarise, familiarise |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, get into, inform | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa*mil"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Familiarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Familiarizing}.] [Cf. F.
familiariser.]
1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom;
to make well known by practice or converse; as, to
familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.
2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as,
to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
science.
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| | Related Terms: | | acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, advertise, advertise of, advise, apprise, break, break in, brief, bring word, case harden, communicate, condition, confirm, disclose, domesticate, domesticize, enlighten, establish, fix, gentle, give notice, give the facts, give word, habituate, harden, housebreak, inform, instruct, inure, leave word, let know, mention to, naturalize, notify, orient, orientate, report, season, send word, serve notice, speak, tame, tell, train, use, verse, wont |
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