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Webster 1913 Edition
Familiarize
Fa-mil′iar-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Familiarized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Familiarizing
.] [Cf. F.
familiariser
.] 1.
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 surroundings2.
To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study;
as, to
. familiarize
one's self with a business, a book, or a scienceWebster 1828 Edition
Familiarize
FAMIL'IARIZE
, v.t.1.
To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known, by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self to scenes of distress.2.
To make easy by practice or customary use, or by intercourse.3.
To bring down from a state of distant superiority.The genius smiled on me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination.