familiarise

See also: familiarisé

English

Etymology

From familiar + -ise.

Verb

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

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize.
   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102:

     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.

   • 2003, Alex Kimbell, The Unbridgeable Divide, page 54:

     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 […]

   • 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 38:

     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.

Derived terms

• defamiliarise
• unfamiliarised

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: familiarisent, familiarises

Verb

familiarise

1. inflection of familiariser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative