familiar

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  1. adjective Often encountered or seen. See Synonyms at common.
  2. adjective Having fair knowledge; acquainted: was familiar with those roads.
  3. adjective Of established friendship; intimate: on familiar terms.
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  • The staring face is almost familiar, the words are like slogans you heard in dreams. —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • Fueled by that miserable memory, Morgan swore to get Hamilton out of here and somewhere familiar--somewhere he could heal surrounded by those who supported and loved him, if possible. —  A Man Alone by Lindsay Mckenna
  • “Windy, you and your flock of birds keep an eye on us Neither the patiently surveying robots nor their human controllers had noticed anything different about plot nineteen when, once more, it and the surrounding region went inert Good morning, Resolute ,” called the familiar voice. —  AnalogSF,Dec2003
  • Some places looked familiar --perhaps they'd passed here on horseback -- but other places resembled virgin forest. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • The land was familiar, the sunlight familiar, the ribbon of road familiar. —  Kahawa
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French familier, from Latin familiāris, domestic, from familia, family; see family.

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  1. Altered in spelling to bring it nearer the L. I. a. from Middle English famylier, famileer, famulier, familer, famuler, intimate, from Old French familier, famelier, famulier, French familier = Provencal Spanish Portuguese familiar = Italian famigliare = Dutch familiaar = German familiär = Danish familiær = Swedish familjär, from Latin familiaris, of or belonging to a household, domestic, private, of the family, intimate, friendly, from familia, household, family: see family. II. n. from Middle English familer, n., from Old French and F. familier, etc., from Latin familiaris, a familiar acquaintance, a friend, an intimate, from familiaris, adjective, familiar: see I.
 

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