FAMILIARISE

familiarize, familiarise, acquaint

(verb) make familiar or conversant with; “you should acquaint yourself with your new computer”; “We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

familiarise (third-person singular simple present familiarises, present participle familiarising, simple past and past participle familiarised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of familiarize.

Source: Wiktionary



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10 May 2025

BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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