Definition of Familiarise

1. Verb. Make familiar or conversant with. "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

Exact synonyms: Acquaint, Familiarize
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Orient, Verse, Reacquaint, Get Into
Related verbs: Acquaint, Introduce, Present
Derivative terms: Familiarisation, Familiarization

Definition of Familiarise

1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of familiarize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Familiarise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Familiarise

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Literary usage of Familiarise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1854)
"... I shall send you one argument that has been of use to me, and which, that I might familiarise to myself, I put into the following verses: AN ARGUMENT. ..."

2. Properties of Matter by Peter Guthrie Tait (1899)
"Then the contour lines, as traced on the (two-dimension) map are the curves /(*, y, 0)-0, /(*, y, 100) = 0, /(«,y,200)-0,ete. 81. To familiarise the student ..."

3. Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity by John Shower, Thomas Chalmers, Matthew Hale (1828)
"It is advisable to familiarise the thoughts of death, and to imagine beforehand -what apprehensions of things we shall then have. ..."

4. The School World (1905)
"Familiarise them with the salient features of travellers' routes and the geographical position of such places as the Pillars of Hercules, the Great Sea, ..."

5. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"It will not be amiss to familiarise the mind with this idea, and with the consistency of the repugnant thesis, that Bodies are self- insufficient. ..."

6. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"It will not be amiss to familiarise the mind with this idea, and with the consistency of the repugnant thesis, that Bodies are self- insufficient. ..."

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