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familiar
1. adjective /fəˈmɪl.i.ə,fəˈmɪl.jɚ,fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/
a) Known to one.

There’s a familiar face.

b) Acquainted.

Im not familiar with this system.

Syn: acquainted, close, friendly, intimate, personal, cheeky, fresh, impudent
Ant: unfamiliar, unknown, unacquainted, cold, cool, distant, impersonal, standoffish, unfriendly
2. noun /fəˈmɪl.i.ə,fəˈmɪl.jɚ,fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ/
An attendant spirit often in animal form.

a friend of mine, that finding a receipt in Brassavola, would needs take hellebore in substance, and try it on his own person; but had not some of his familiars come to visit him by chance, he had by his indiscretion hazarded himself; many such I have observed.


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