Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Familiarize

Familiarize , transitive verb

[Compare French familiariser.]

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.