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familiarize

 verb
     
fa‧mil‧i‧ar‧ize also familiarise British English

familiarize yourself/somebody with something

to learn about something so that you understand it, or to teach someone else about something so that they understand it:
Employees must familiarize themselves with the health and safety manual.
—familiarization noun [uncountable]
a one-day familiarization course
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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