单词 | to make familiar with |
释义 | > as lemmasto make familiar with to make familiar with: to act in a friendly or intimate manner towards, esp. when inappropriate. Cf. to make free with at free adj., n., and adv. Phrases 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by undue familiarity to make familiar with1704 1704 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. 229 There's no stopping your licentious Tongue, otherwise you wou'd not make so familiar with the Head of the Church. 1708 Rehearsal 10 Nov. in C. Leslie View of Times IV Men of his Principles are us'd to make Familiar with Crown'd Heads! 1870 J. C. Duval Adventures Big-foot Wallace xlii. 260 I thought maybe she takes me for some acquaintance of hers, and I'll go down and let her know she is on the wrong trail, just to see how foolish she will look when she finds she has been making so familiar with a stranger. 1920 H. B. Alexander Latin-American ix. 286 The women gather beside the waters, where they make familiar with a water-monster..which is slain by the jealous men. < as lemmas |
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