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  • 51inure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. toughen, accustom, familiarize, harden, habituate. See habit, strengthen. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. accustom, habituate, toughen; see familiarize with , harden 3 , strengthen , teach 1 . III (Roget s …

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  • 52familiarise — British English spelling of FAMILIARIZE (Cf. familiarize); for spelling, see IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Familiarised; familiarising …

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  • 53familiarization — 1755, noun of action from FAMILIARIZE (Cf. familiarize) …

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  • 54familiarise — verb make familiar or conversant with you should acquaint yourself with your new computer We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings • Syn: ↑familiarize, ↑acquaint • Derivationally related forms: ↑familiarisation, ↑familiarization …

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  • 55get into — verb 1. get involved in or with (Freq. 11) • Syn: ↑tangle with • Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn • Verb Frames: Something s …

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  • 56case the joint — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. * /The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank./ 2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation spot as a… …

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  • 57case the joint — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. * /The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank./ 2. To familiarize oneself with a potential workplace or vacation spot as a… …

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  • 58Accustom — Ac*cus tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accustoming}.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [ a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See {Custom}.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure;… …

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  • 59Accustomed — Accustom Ac*cus tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accustoming}.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [ a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See {Custom}.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or …

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  • 60Accustoming — Accustom Ac*cus tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accustoming}.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [ a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See {Custom}.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or …

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