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单词 familiarize
释义 fa·mil·iar·ize
\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 >
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