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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 with scenes of distress; we
familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings.
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2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as,
to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
science.
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