Familiarize
[fə'mɪlɪəraɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make familiar or conversant with; 'you should acquaint yourself with your new computer'; 'We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings'.
Typist: Ted--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Accustom, habituate, inure, use, train.
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Examples
- He must familiarize himself, therefore, with a number of exemplary classical works. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was scarcely able to familiarize herself with this strange reality. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And the highest thoughts, when they become familiarized to us, are always tending to pass into the form of feeling. Plato. The Republic.
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