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verb

Familiarize v. t. (past & past part. familiarized; pres. part. familiarizing)

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; we familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings.

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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Etymology of 'Familiarize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Familiarize" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mr. Quirk, with the shrewdness natural to him, and which had been quickened by his great experience, had soon seen through the ill-contrived and worse-concealed designs upon Titmouse of Mr. Tag-rag; and justly considered that the surest method of rendering them abortive would be to familiarize Titmouse with a superior style of things, such as was to be found at Alibi House—and a more lovely and attractive object for his best affections in Miss Quirk—Dora Quirk—the lustre of whose charms and accomplishments there could be no doubt, he thought, would instantly efface the image of ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

... go over in the first waves were sent back for three days to study these trenches, engage in practice attacks, and have night maneuvers. Each man was required to make a map of the trenches and familiarize himself with the names and location of the parts his ...

— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey

... but when the fire died out, and the lamp faded, and he still was absent, he persuaded Guly to go to bed, promising that he would seek his brother before he slept. Guly would fain have accompanied him, but Wilkins induced him to remain, not wishing to familiarize the pure heart of his boy-friend with the scenes in which he felt convinced he must look for ...

— The Brother Clerks - A Tale of New-Orleans • Xariffa

... Lantern. Intended to familiarize students with the constellations by comparing them with facsimiles on the lantern face. With seventeen ...

— Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories • Mrs. M. Chaplin Ayrton

... various evolutions. Not alone in the tranquil bay were they educated to the life of the fishes, but also in the surf, and among the great waves. They were taught to get into a boat from the water in a heavy sea. A worn-out old longboat had done duty during the preceding summer as a wreck, in order to familiarize the students with the possibilities of their future experience. It was so prepared that a portion of its planking could be suddenly knocked out, and the boat almost instantly filled with water; and the problem was, to meet this emergency ...

— Up The Baltic - Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark • Oliver Optic

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