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   familiar
         adj 1: well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure";
                  "familiar songs"; "familiar guests" [ant: {unfamiliar}]
         2: within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not
            strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a
            familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like
            any other filled with familiar duties and experiences" [ant:
            {strange}, {unusual}]
         3: (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing
            thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with
            the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
            [syn: {conversant(p)}, {familiar(p)}]
         4: having mutual interests or affections; of established
            friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an
            intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: {familiar},
            {intimate}]
         n 1: a person attached to the household of a high official (as a
               pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
         2: a friend who is frequently in the company of another;
            "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion},
            {comrade}, {fellow}, {familiar}, {associate}]
         3: a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant
            to a witch or wizard [syn: {familiar}, {familiar spirit}]

English Dictionary: family Argentinidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
familiar spirit
n
  1. a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
    Synonym(s): familiar, familiar spirit
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familiarisation
n
  1. the experience of becoming familiar with something [syn: familiarization, familiarisation]
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familiarise
v
  1. make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
    Synonym(s): familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
familiarised
adj
  1. having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
    Synonym(s): adjusted, familiarized, familiarised
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familiarising
adj
  1. serving to make familiar [syn: familiarizing, familiarising]
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familiarity
n
  1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
    Synonym(s): acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
  2. usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
    Antonym(s): strangeness, unfamiliarity
  3. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
    Synonym(s): familiarity, intimacy, closeness
  4. a casual manner
    Synonym(s): casualness, familiarity
  5. an act of undue intimacy
    Synonym(s): familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
familiarization
n
  1. the experience of becoming familiar with something [syn: familiarization, familiarisation]
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familiarize
v
  1. make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
    Synonym(s): familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
familiarized
adj
  1. having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
    Synonym(s): adjusted, familiarized, familiarised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
familiarizing
adj
  1. serving to make familiar [syn: familiarizing, familiarising]
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familiarly
adv
  1. in an intimately familiar manner; "Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Araceae
n
  1. anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
    Synonym(s): Araceae, family Araceae, arum family
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family Araliaceae
n
  1. mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
    Synonym(s): Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family
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family Araucariaceae
n
  1. tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
    Synonym(s): Araucariaceae, family Araucariaceae, araucaria family
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family Arcellidae
n
  1. soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution
    Synonym(s): Arcellidae, family Arcellidae
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family Arcidae
n
  1. ark shells
    Synonym(s): Arcidae, family Arcidae
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family Arctiidae
n
  1. tiger moths
    Synonym(s): Arctiidae, family Arctiidae
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family Ardeidae
n
  1. herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns [syn: Ardeidae, family Ardeidae]
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family Arecaceae
n
  1. chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
    Synonym(s): Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Argasidae
n
  1. soft ticks
    Synonym(s): Argasidae, family Argasidae
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family Argentinidae
n
  1. small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
    Synonym(s): Argentinidae, family Argentinidae
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family Argiopidae
n
  1. spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution
    Synonym(s): Argiopidae, family Argiopidae, orb-weaver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Argonautidae
n
  1. represented solely by the genus Argonauta [syn: Argonautidae, family Argonautidae]
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family Ariidae
n
  1. sea catfishes
    Synonym(s): Ariidae, family Ariidae
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family Aristolochiaceae
n
  1. family of birthworts (including wild ginger) [syn: Aristolochiaceae, family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family]
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family Armadillidiidae
n
  1. pill bugs [syn: Armadillidiidae, {family Armadillidiidae}]
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family Artamidae
n
  1. wood swallows
    Synonym(s): Artamidae, family Artamidae
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family Auriculariaceae
n
  1. fungi having gelatinous sporophores [syn: Auriculariaceae, family Auriculariaceae]
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family Erethizontidae
n
  1. New World arboreal porcupines [syn: Erethizontidae, family Erethizontidae]
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family Ericaceae
n
  1. heathers [syn: Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, {heath family}]
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family Erinaceidae
n
  1. true hedgehogs
    Synonym(s): Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae
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family Eriocaulaceae
n
  1. chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts [syn: Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family]
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family Erysiphaceae
n
  1. family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews
    Synonym(s): Erysiphaceae, family Erysiphaceae
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family Erythroxylaceae
n
  1. a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit
    Synonym(s): Erythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae
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family Eurylaimidae
n
  1. coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi [syn: Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae]
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family Hirudinidae
n
  1. a family of Hirudinea [syn: Hirudinidae, {family Hirudinidae}]
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family Hirundinidae
n
  1. swallows and martins [syn: Hirundinidae, {family Hirundinidae}]
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family Irenidae
n
  1. a family of birds of the suborder Oscines [syn: Irenidae, family Irenidae]
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family Iridaceae
n
  1. large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
    Synonym(s): Iridaceae, family Iridaceae, iris family
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family Orchestiidae
n
  1. beach fleas
    Synonym(s): Orchestiidae, family Orchestiidae
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family Orchidaceae
n
  1. enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
    Synonym(s): Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Orectolobidae
n
  1. nurse sharks and carpet sharks [syn: Orectolobidae, family Orectolobidae]
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family Oriolidae
n
  1. Old World orioles
    Synonym(s): Oriolidae, family Oriolidae
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family Ornithorhynchidae
n
  1. platypus [syn: Ornithorhynchidae, {family Ornithorhynchidae}]
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family Orobanchaceae
n
  1. brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
    Synonym(s): Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae, broomrape family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Orycteropodidae
n
  1. aardvarks [syn: Orycteropodidae, {family Orycteropodidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rachycentridae
n
  1. family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia [syn: Rachycentridae, family Rachycentridae]
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family Rafflesiaceae
n
  1. a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
    Synonym(s): Rafflesiaceae, family Rafflesiaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rajidae
n
  1. bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates [syn: Rajidae, family Rajidae]
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family Rallidae
n
  1. rails; crakes; gallinules; coots [syn: Rallidae, {family Rallidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Ramphastidae
n
  1. toucans
    Synonym(s): Ramphastidae, family Ramphastidae
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family Ranidae
n
  1. a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs
    Synonym(s): Ranidae, family Ranidae
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family Ranunculaceae
n
  1. a family of Ranunculaceae [syn: Ranunculaceae, {family Ranunculaceae}, buttercup family, crowfoot family]
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family Rapateaceae
n
  1. South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
    Synonym(s): Rapateaceae, family Rapateaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Raphidae
n
  1. extinct dodos and solitaires [syn: Raphidae, {family Raphidae}]
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family Raphidiidae
n
  1. a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
    Synonym(s): Raphidiidae, family Raphidiidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Recurvirostridae
n
  1. long-legged shorebirds [syn: Recurvirostridae, {family Recurvirostridae}]
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family Reduviidae
n
  1. assassin bugs
    Synonym(s): Reduviidae, family Reduviidae
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family Regalecidae
n
  1. ribbonfishes
    Synonym(s): Regalecidae, family Regalecidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family relationship
n
  1. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
    Synonym(s): kinship, family relationship, relationship
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family Resedaceae
n
  1. mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette [syn: Resedaceae, family Resedaceae, mignonette family]
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family Rhamnaceae
n
  1. trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
    Synonym(s): Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rheidae
n
  1. a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
    Synonym(s): Rheidae, family Rheidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rhincodontidae
n
  1. small-toothed sharks comprising only one species [syn: Rhincodontidae, family Rhincodontidae]
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family Rhinobatidae
n
  1. primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies [syn: Rhinobatidae, family Rhinobatidae]
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family Rhinocerotidae
n
  1. rhinoceroses [syn: Rhinocerotidae, {family Rhinocerotidae}, rhinoceros family]
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family Rhinolophidae
n
  1. Old World leaf-nosed bats [syn: Rhinolophidae, {family Rhinolophidae}]
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family Rhinotermitidae
n
  1. large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
    Synonym(s): Rhinotermitidae, family Rhinotermitidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rhiptoglossa
n
  1. Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria
    Synonym(s): Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rhizobiaceae
n
  1. a small family of rod-shaped bacteria [syn: Rhizobiaceae, family Rhizobiaceae]
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family Rhizophoraceae
n
  1. trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
    Synonym(s): Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rhizopogonaceae
n
  1. a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
    Synonym(s): Rhizopogonaceae, family Rhizopogonaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Rhodymeniaceae
n
  1. a family of protoctist [syn: Rhodymeniaceae, {family Rhodymeniaceae}]
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family Rhyniaceae
n
  1. primitive plants of the Paleozoic [syn: Rhyniaceae, family Rhyniaceae]
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family Rickettsiaceae
n
  1. microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
    Synonym(s): Rickettsiaceae, family Rickettsiaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Roccellaceae
n
  1. a fungus family of division Lichenes [syn: Roccellaceae, family Roccellaceae]
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family room
n
  1. a recreation room in a private house
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family Roridulaceae
n
  1. in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
    Synonym(s): Roridulaceae, family Roridulaceae
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family Rosaceae
n
  1. a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
    Synonym(s): Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family
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family Rubiaceae
n
  1. widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    Synonym(s): Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
family Ruscaceae
n
  1. one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
    Synonym(s): Ruscaceae, family Ruscaceae
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family Russulaceae
n
  1. used in some classification systems for the genus Russula
    Synonym(s): Russulaceae, family Russulaceae
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family Rutaceae
n
  1. a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
    Synonym(s): Rutaceae, family Rutaceae, rue family
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family Rynchopidae
n
  1. coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers [syn: Rynchopidae, family Rynchopidae]
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family Uranoscopidae
n
  1. stargazers
    Synonym(s): Uranoscopidae, family Uranoscopidae
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family Ursidae
n
  1. bears and extinct related forms [syn: Ursidae, {family Ursidae}]
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family Urticaceae
n
  1. a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
    Synonym(s): Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
female aristocrat
n
  1. a woman who is an aristocrat
    Antonym(s): male aristocrat
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female horse
n
  1. female equine animal
    Synonym(s): mare, female horse
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female reproductive system
n
  1. the reproductive system of females
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final result
n
  1. something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
    Synonym(s): result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiar \Fa*mil`iar\, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier,
      fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See {Family}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. [bd]Familiar
            feuds.[b8] --Byron.
  
      2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion;
            well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with
            the Scriptures.
  
      3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate
            friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
            [bd]In loose, familiar strains.[b8] --Addison.
  
                     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
  
      4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a
            familiar illustration.
  
                     That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As
                     things acquainted and familiar to us. --Shak.
  
                     There is nothing more familiar than this. --Locke.
  
      5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. --Camden.
  
      {Familiar spirit}, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend
            at call. --1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiar \Fa*mil"iar\, n.
      1. An intimate; a companion.
  
                     All my familiars watched for my halting. --Jer. xx.
                                                                              10.
  
      2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. --Shak.
  
      3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in
            the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending
            and imprisoning the accused.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiar \Fa*mil`iar\, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier,
      fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See {Family}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. [bd]Familiar
            feuds.[b8] --Byron.
  
      2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion;
            well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with
            the Scriptures.
  
      3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate
            friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
            [bd]In loose, familiar strains.[b8] --Addison.
  
                     Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
  
      4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a
            familiar illustration.
  
                     That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As
                     things acquainted and familiar to us. --Shak.
  
                     There is nothing more familiar than this. --Locke.
  
      5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. --Camden.
  
      {Familiar spirit}, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend
            at call. --1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spirit \Spir"it\, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L.
      spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire},
      {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.]
      1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,
            life itself. [Obs.] [bd]All of spirit would deprive.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
                     The mild air, with season moderate, Gently
                     attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it
                     breathed foorth sweet spirit.            --Spenser.
  
      2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a
            mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.]
  
                     Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.
  
      3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of
            corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart
            from any physical organization or embodiment; vital
            essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
  
      4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the
            soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides;
            the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions,
            whether spiritual or material.
  
                     There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the
                     Almighty giveth them understanding.   --Job xxxii.
                                                                              8.
  
                     As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
                     without works is dead also.               --James ii.
                                                                              26.
  
                     Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
                     doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it
            has left the body.
  
                     Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,
                     and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
                                                                              --Eccl. xii.
                                                                              7.
  
                     Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the
                     cup of grace.                                    --Keble.
  
      6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
            specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an
            elf.
  
                     Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
                     impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
  
                     [bd]Write it then, quickly,[b8] replied Bede; and
                     summoning all his spirits together, like the last
                     blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and
                     expired.                                             --Fuller.
  
      8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great
            activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper;
            as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
  
                     Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I
                     choose for my judges.                        --Dryden.
  
      9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or
            disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the
            plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be
            downhearted, or in bad spirits.
  
                     God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a
                     spirit of pulling down.                     --South.
  
                     A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the
                     same spirit that its author writ.      --Pope.
  
      10. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to
            formal statement; also, characteristic quality,
            especially such as is derived from the individual genius
            or the personal character; as, the spirit of an
            enterprise, of a document, or the like.
  
      11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed
            of active qualities.
  
                     All bodies have spirits . . . within them. --Bacon.
  
      12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
            the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first
            distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
  
      13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
            having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt
            liquors.
  
      14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.
            {Tincture}. --U. S. Disp.
  
      15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal
            ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some,
            orpiment).
  
                     The four spirits and the bodies seven. --Chaucer.
  
      16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under {Stannic}.
  
      Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
               compounds, generally of obvious signification; as,
               spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
  
      {Astral spirits}, {Familiar spirits}, etc. See under
            {Astral}, {Familiar}, etc.
  
      {Animal spirits}.
            (a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed
                  to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as
                  the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the
                  {nervous fluid}, or {nervous principle}.
            (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness;
                  sportiveness.
  
      {Ardent spirits}, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
            whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
  
      {Holy Spirit}, [or] {The Spirit} (Theol.), the Spirit of God,
            or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The
            spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or
            animated by the Divine Spirit.
  
      {Proof spirit}. (Chem.) See under {Proof}.
  
      {Rectified spirit} (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more
            concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
            percentage of absolute alcohol.
  
      {Spirit butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
            genus {Ithomia}. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute
            of scales.
  
      {Spirit duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The buffle-headed duck.
            (b) The golden-eye.
  
      {Spirit lamp} (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
            spirit is burned.
  
      {Spirit level}. See under {Level}.
  
      {Spirit of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) See under {Hartshorn}.
  
      {Spirit of Mindererus} (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate
            of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of
            Augsburg.
  
      {Spirit of nitrous ether} (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid,
            of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is
            obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and
            sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite
            with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a
            diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also
            {sweet spirit of niter}.
  
      {Spirit of salt} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called
            because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Spirit of sense}, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
            --Shak.
  
      {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of turpentine} (Chem.), rectified
            oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and
            very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of
            the various species of pine; camphine. See {Camphine}.
  
      {Spirit of vitriol} (Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called
            because formerly obtained by the distillation of green
            vitriol. [Obs.]
  
      {Spirit of vitriolic ether} (Chem.) ether; -- often but
            incorrectly called {sulphuric ether}. See {Ether}. [Obs.]
           
  
      {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of wine} (Chem.), alcohol; -- so
            called because formerly obtained by the distillation of
            wine.
  
      {Spirit rapper}, one who practices spirit rapping; a
            [bd]medium[b8] so called.
  
      {Spirit rapping}, an alleged form of communication with the
            spirits of the dead by raps. See {Spiritualism}, 3.
  
      {Sweet spirit of niter}. See {Spirit of nitrous ether},
            above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarity \Fa*mil`iar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Familiarities}. [OE.
      familarite, F. familiarit[82]fr. L. faniliaritas. See
      {Familiar}.]
      1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent
            converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse;
            freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to
            live in remarkable familiarity.
  
      2. Anything said or done by one person to another
            unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl.,
            such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not
            warrant; liberties.
  
      Syn: Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See
               {Acquaintance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarity \Fa*mil`iar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Familiarities}. [OE.
      familarite, F. familiarit[82]fr. L. faniliaritas. See
      {Familiar}.]
      1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent
            converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse;
            freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to
            live in remarkable familiarity.
  
      2. Anything said or done by one person to another
            unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl.,
            such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not
            warrant; liberties.
  
      Syn: Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See
               {Acquaintance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarization \Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion\, n.
      The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming
      familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarize \Fa*mil"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Familiarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Familiarizing}.] [Cf. F.
      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.
  
      2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as,
            to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
            science.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarize \Fa*mil"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Familiarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Familiarizing}.] [Cf. F.
      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.
  
      2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as,
            to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
            science.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarize \Fa*mil"iar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Familiarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Familiarizing}.] [Cf. F.
      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.
  
      2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as,
            to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a
            science.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarly \Fa"mil"iar*ly\, adv.
      In a familiar manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiarness \Fa*mil"iar*ness\, n.
      Familiarity. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Familiary \Fa*mil"ia*ry\, a. [L. familiaris. See {Familiar}.]
      Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.]
      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Famular \Fam"u*lar\, n. [Cf. L. famularis of servants.]
      Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhyme \Rhyme\, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[c6]m number; akin to
      OHG. r[c6]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The
      modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of
      German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old
      English spelling {rime} is becoming again common. See Note
      under {Prime}.]
      1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a
            composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of
            language. [bd]Railing rhymes.[b8] --Daniel.
  
                     A ryme I learned long ago.                  --Chaucer.
  
                     He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words
            or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another
            immediately or at no great distance. The words or
            syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant,
            or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a
            consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same,
            as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be
            any.
  
                     For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has
                     right to govern sense.                        --Prior.
  
      3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each
            other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
  
      4. A word answering in sound to another word.
  
      {Female rhyme}. See under {Female}.
  
      {Male rhyme}. See under {Male}.
  
      {Rhyme or reason}, sound or sense.
  
      {Rhyme royal} (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses,
            of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and
            fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Female rhymes \Female rhymes\ (Pros.),
      double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes
      because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two
      syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at
      the end of each line.
  
      Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
               (strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
               the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
               being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
               & C. -- {Female screw}, the spiral-threaded cavity into
               which another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Familiar spirit
      Sorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to
      answer questions, were said to have a "familiar spirit" (Deut.
      18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chr. 33:6; Lev. 19:31; 20:6; Isa. 8:19;
      29:4). Such a person was called by the Hebrews an _'ob_, which
      properly means a leathern bottle; for sorcerers were regarded as
      vessels containing the inspiring demon. This Hebrew word was
      equivalent to the pytho of the Greeks, and was used to denote
      both the person and the spirit which possessed him (Lev. 20:27;
      1 Sam. 28:8; comp. Acts 16:16). The word "familiar" is from the
      Latin familiaris, meaning a "household servant," and was
      intended to express the idea that sorcerers had spirits as their
      servants ready to obey their commands.
     
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