familiarize
to make (onself or another person) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
to make (something) well-known; bring into common knowledge or use.
Archaic. to make familiar; establish (a person) in friendly intimacy.
Archaic. to associate in a familiar way.
Origin of familiarize
1- Also especially British, fa·mil·iar·ise .
Other words for familiarize
Other words from familiarize
- fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, noun
- fa·mil·iar·iz·er, noun
- re·fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, noun
- re·fa·mil·iar·ize, verb (used with object), re·fa·mil·iar·ized, re·fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
- un·fa·mil·iar·ized, adjective
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How to use familiarize in a sentence
Toward the end of the day he had familiarized himself with his perilous position; he now almost liked the painfulness of it.
A Passion in the Desert | Honore de BalzacThey then took their nourishment in the same manner as when unconfined, and soon appeared familiarized and happy.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsWebster must get well familiarized with the work before the Mississippi book's publication.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineI spent two days at the place, and thus became familiarized with individual traits of the landscape.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftBy degrees I familiarized myself with that populous solitude; I ceased to pine for the green fields.
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for familiarize
familiarise
/ (fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz) /
to make (oneself or someone else) familiar, as with a particular subject
to make (something) generally known or accepted
Derived forms of familiarize
- familiarization or familiarisation, noun
- familiarizer or familiariser, noun
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