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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

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Examples

  • When my son started school, one of the first things all the new students were familiarised with were the five principles or ‘keys’ which the school functions by.

    Five Keys to Write… and Keep Writing « Write Anything 2010

  • When Helen posted the headline ‘Cis man murders woman’ recently it * was* surprising, because it de-familiarised the usual power imbalances that journalists just unthinkingly reify.

    Trans woman murdered in Belgrade 2009

  • Of course, the poem could simply be a depiction of a wild, moonlit night, and all the horrors could be natural phenomena, de-familiarised.

    Poem of the week: Wind by Sydney Dobell 2010

  • They familiarised the monkeys with two-syllable terms, and recorded their reaction to words ...

    2009 July | Applied Language Translation Blog 2009

  • The controls might need some time to get used to but once it is familiarised this game is addicting.

    Medical Researchers Study Black Bear Hibernation 2006

  • Most of the pics I took for the first six months were outdoors while I re/familiarised myself with digital photography, and just fooled around to see whether I remembered much from when I was younger and semi-serious about the craft and art which we all love.

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2008

  • He also said the league should have investigated the matter, and familiarised itself with the broadcasting environment, before making such unfounded allegations.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Most of the pics I took for the first six months were outdoors while I re/familiarised myself with digital photography, and just fooled around to see whether I remembered much from when I was younger and semi-serious about the craft and art which we all love.

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2008

  • "South Africa has familiarised itself with the enforcement capacity and compliance with Cites regulations in both China and Japan," said the environmental affairs and tourism department's biodiversity and conservation deputy director-general, Fundisile Mketeni.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Asked how the resignations could affect operations, Tlali said that while they would not have a devastating effect as the unit worked as a team, it could lead to delays as new investigators familiarised themselves with cases.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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