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familiarize

[fuh-mil-yuh-rahyz]
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verb (used with object), fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
  1. to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  2. to make (something) well-known; bring into common knowledge or use.
  3. Archaic. to make familiar; establish (a person) in friendly intimacy.
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verb (used without object), fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
  1. Archaic. to associate in a familiar way.
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Also especially British, fa·mil·iar·ise.

Origin of familiarize

First recorded in 1600–10; familiar + -ize
Related formsfa·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

Synonyms for familiarize

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1. accustom, acquaint.
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Related Words for familiarized

naturalize, enlighten, case, accustom, use, coach, inure, mix, season, school, inform, instruct, train, adjust, adapt, habituate, prime, post, popularize, condition

Examples from the Web for familiarized

Historical Examples of familiarized

  • He had familiarized himself with the armies of other European nations.

    The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)

    Various

  • If there are other significant women in modern art I am not as yet familiarized with them.

    Adventures in the Arts

    Marsden Hartley

  • Indeed, he had became so familiarized to the name, that he would answer to none other.

    An Outcast

    F. Colburn Adams

  • The historians have familiarized us with the notion of corrupt or degenerate mores.

    Folkways

    William Graham Sumner

  • He was not yet familiarized to the eccentric whims of his friend.

    Lucretia, Complete

    Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for familiarized

familiarize

familiarise

verb (tr)
  1. to make (oneself or someone else) familiar, as with a particular subject
  2. to make (something) generally known or accepted
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Derived Formsfamiliarization or familiarisation, nounfamiliarizer or familiariser, noun
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Word Origin and History for familiarized

familiarize

v.

c.1600, "to make well known," from familiar + -ize. Related: Familiarized; familiarizing.

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