Definition of familiar

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Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..

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Confabulate :: Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
Inwardness :: Inwardness (n.) Intimacy; familiarity.
Familiarly :: Familiarly (adv.) In a familiar manner.
Thou :: Thou (v. t.) To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt..
Colloquial :: Colloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style..
Tete-a-tete :: Tete-a-tete (adv.) Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly.
Unaccustomed :: Unaccustomed (a.) Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to.
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of..
Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..
Familiarity :: Familiarity (n.) 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..
Bosom :: Bosom (a.) Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend..
Proface :: Proface (interj.) Much good may it do you! -- a familiar salutation or welcome.
Familiarize :: Familiarize (v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science..
Taeniata :: Taeniata (n. pl.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example..
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia..
Hobnob :: Hobnob (v. i.) To drink familiarly (with another).
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
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