fəˈmilyəˌrīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
transitive verb
1. : to make known through experience or repetition : remove strangeness from
Shakespeare … familiarizes the wonderful — Samuel Johnson
2. archaic : to accustom to something : habituate
intending to familiarize my parishioners to it little by little — J.H.Newman
3.
a. archaic : to make more affable : cause to unbend
for the cure of this particular sort of madness it will be necessary to … familiarize his carriage by the use of a good cudgel — Richard Steele
b. archaic : to introduce as a friend
I should be glad … to be familiarized to the ladies of your family — Samuel Richardson
4. : to make well acquainted : make conversant
familiarize students with the use of periodicals — Frances Eldredge
5. archaic : to bring into common use : popularize
I have familiarized the terms of philosophy — Samuel Johnson
intransitive verb
archaic : to act in an informal way : make oneself agreeable
he … familiarized with his equals — Roger North