familiarize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: fa=mil=iar=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

familiarize, v. t. [Cf. F. familiariser.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

familiarize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 (foll. by with) make (a person) conversant or well acquainted.
2 make (a thing) well known.

Derivative

familiarization n.

Etymology

F familiariser f. familiaire (as FAMILIAR)

THESAURUS

familiarize

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, advertise, advertise of, advise, apprise, break, break in, brief, bring word, case harden, communicate, condition, confirm, disclose, domesticate, domesticize, enlighten, establish, fix, gentle, give notice, give the facts, give word, habituate, harden, housebreak, inform, instruct, inure, leave word, let know, mention to, naturalize, notify, orient, orientate, report, season, send word, serve notice, speak, tame, tell, train, use, verse, wont

ROGET THESAURUS

familiarize

Habit

VB be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way, habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden, accustom, familiarize, naturalize, acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to, repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one.