Dictionary

familiarise en · VERB

Etymology

From familiar + -ise.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize.
   alt of familiarize
   • Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment […] 2003, Alex Kimbell, The Unbridgeable Divide, page 54:
   • In the immediate term, there is a host of new operating procedures to be developed and to become familiarised with, in accordance with social distancing. 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 38:
   • An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:

Forms

Deriveds

unfamiliarised · defamiliarise