familiarize

familiarize
v
1. acquaint, make familiar with, make conversant with; initiate in, indoctrinate in, enlighten, inform; educate, teach, instruct, tutor, school; prime, prepare, coach, advise.
2. habituate, accustom, make used to; inure, harden, toughen, season, temper, anneal; adapt, acclimate, acclimatize, naturalize, domesticate; break in, train, drill, ingrain, make routine, discipline.
3. introduce, present, bring forward, bring into notice, bring before the public, make well-known, bring into common knowledge or use.

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  • Familiarize — Fa*mil iar*ize, v. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • familiarize — (also familiarise) ► VERB 1) (familiarize with) make (someone) familiar with. 2) make better known or easier to understand. DERIVATIVES familiarization noun …   English terms dictionary

  • familiarize — index advise, apprise, communicate, educate, inform (notify), initiate, instruct (teach) …   Law dictionary

  • familiarize — (v.) c.1600, to make well known, from FAMILIAR (Cf. familiar) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Familiarized; familiarizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • familiarize — (Amer.) fa mil·i·ar·ize || fÉ™ mɪlɪəraɪz v. cause to be acquainted, accustom; make familiar; make something well known, publicize (also familiarise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • familiarize — [v] make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice*, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in,… …   New thesaurus

  • familiarize — [fə mil′yər īz΄, fəmil′ē ərīz΄] vt. familiarized, familiarizing 1. to make commonly known 2. to make (another or oneself) accustomed or fully acquainted with something familiarization n …   English World dictionary

  • familiarize — UK [fəˈmɪlɪəraɪz] / US [fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms familiarize : present tense I/you/we/they familiarize he/she/it familiarizes present participle familiarizing past tense familiarized past participle familiarized to make someone …   English dictionary

  • familiarize — v. (d; refl., tr.) to familiarize with (she had to familiarize herself with the facts of the case) * * * [fə mɪlɪəraɪz] (d;refl.,tr.) to familiarizewith (she had to familiarize herself with the facts of the case) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • familiarize — fa|mil|iar|ize [ fə mıljə,raız ] verb transitive to make someone learn or experience something so that they know about it: It s my job to familiarize new employees with office procedures. familiarize yourself with something: I need to familiarize …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • familiarize — also ise BrE verb familiarize yourself with sth/familiarize sb with sth to learn about something so that you understand it, or to teach someone else about something so that they understand it: Employees must familiarize themselves with the health …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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