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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fa·mil·iar·ize /fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz/
 (vt.)使熟悉,使熟知,使通俗化

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fa·mil·iar·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Familiarized p. pr. & vb. n. Familiarizing ]
 1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress; we familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings.
 2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 familiarize
      v : make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself
          with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with
          the new surroundings" [syn: familiarise, acquaint]