Definition of "familiarizing" [familiarizing]

• Present participle of familiarize. (verb)

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• "The "Baen" experiment was hugely successful in familiarizing readers with Baen authors, but from what I've heard, far less successful in shifting Baen's output toward significantly greater e-book sales. hob says:"
• "Source thought that the course was very effective in familiarizing the district political cadre with Communist theory."
• "It is not that the dead are forgotten -- it is not that their memory has ceased to be dear and sacred to their friends -- but it is that the gay and the worldly-minded shrink from the dark images called forth by the aspect of the grave; they recoil from the idea of familiarizing themselves with the inevitable spot where they must one day lie in "cold obstruction's apathy;" they deem it fond folly to nourish grief by keeping before their eyes that which perpetually reminds them of the loss they have sustained, and thus they fly from the dwellings of the dead, and abandon what was once dearest to them to darkness and the worm."