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Adjective: familiarising  fu'mil-yu,rI-zing [N. Amer], fu'mi-lee-u,rI-zing [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: familiarizing)
  1. Serving to make familiar
    "familiarising death is meant to ensure that, when a beloved dies, grief does not incapacitate survivors";
    - familiarizing
Verb: familiarise  fu'mi-lee-u,rIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: familiarize)
  1. Make familiar or conversant with
    "We familiarised ourselves with the new surroundings";
    - familiarize, acquaint

See also: orientating, orienting

Type of: inform