'Familiarize' definitions:
Definition of 'familiarize'
From: WordNet
verb
Make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize, familiarise, acquaint]
Definition of 'Familiarize'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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]
Synonyms of 'familiarize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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