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tr.v. fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing, fa·mil·iar·iz·es
1. To make known, recognized, or familiar.
2. To make acquainted with.

fa·mil′iar·i·za′tion (-yər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
fa·mil′iar·iz′er n.
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Adj.1.familiarized - having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"
References in classic literature ?
This was the famous picaresque novel, 'Lazarillo de Tormes,' by Hurtado de Mendoza, whose name then so familiarized itself to my fondness that now as I write it I feel as if it were that of an old personal friend whom I had known in the flesh.
Only two days of usage so familiarized the little dressmaker with this scene, that it held the place occupied two days ago by the recollections of years.
The program also contains visiting of Institute of Irrigation Farming, Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, where Volodymyr Groysman is to get familiarized with modern scientific approaches to agriculture on irrigated and rainfed lands in the southern regions of Ukraine and to hold a workshop with agricultural producers in Kherson region.
He familiarized himself with the Omani and Islamic unique architectural designsof the mosque.