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Familiarize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make known, recognized, or familiar.

v. To make acquainted with.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make, or become familiar with something or someone

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse.

v. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make familiar or intimate; render conversant by customary use, experience, or intercourse; acquaint closely: as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.

To accustom familiarly, as to the sight, knowledge, or practice of something; habituate; inure.

. To make familiar in manner; cause to act or be exercised familiarly or affably.

To make familiar in regard or experience; make well known; cause to be intimately considered or customary.

Also spelled familiarise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make familiar or conversant with

Word Usage

"The receptionist approached me (who I quickly recognized as the kindly-voiced super-sleuth that tracked me down yesterday) and she handed me a yellow piece of paper which I was to "familiarize" myself with."

Verb Form

familiarized familiarizes familiarizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

inform

Hyponym

orient verse get into reacquaint

Form

familiarized familiarizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

habituate accustom