familiarize

[ fuh-mil-yuh-rahyz ]

/ fəˈmɪl yəˌraɪz /

verb (used with object), fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.

to make (onself or another) 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.

verb (used without object), fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.

Archaic. to associate in a familiar way.

Nearby words

familial screening, familial spinal muscular atrophy, familiar, familiarity, familiarity breeds contempt, familiarize, familism, familist, famille, family, family allowance

Also especially British, fa·mil·iar·ise.

Origin of familiarize

First recorded in 1600–10; familiar + -ize

SYNONYMS FOR familiarize

1 accustom, acquaint.

Related forms

fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, nounfa·mil·iar·iz·er, nounre·fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, nounre·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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Examples from the Web for familiarise

As things are sure to turn out differently from what you have arranged, this will familiarise you with disappointment.
Mr. Punch's Book of Love|Various
These should familiarise themselves to the employment of apparatus, and to the performance of experiments by actual experience.
Elements of Chemistry,|Antoine Lavoisier
Familiarise yourself with all the best examples of drawing you can find, trying to see in nature the same qualities.
The Practice and Science Of Drawing|Harold Speed
We first strolled through all the streets, in order to familiarise ourselves with the remains of ancient Roman architecture.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr

I have several times thrown open my bedroom window about dawn for an hour to familiarise myself with the outside noises.
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British Dictionary definitions for familiarise

familiarize

familiarise

/ (fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make (oneself or someone else) familiar, as with a particular subject

to make (something) generally known or accepted

Derived Forms

familiarization or familiarisation, nounfamiliarizer or familiariser, noun

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