FAMILIAR
\fəmˈɪli͡ə], \fəmˈɪliə], \f_ə_m_ˈɪ_l_iə]\
Definitions of FAMILIAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
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having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
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a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
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well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
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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"
By Princeton University
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a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
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having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
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Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
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Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
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Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
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An intimate; a companion.
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An attendant demon or evil spirit.
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A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
By Oddity Software
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Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
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Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
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Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
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Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
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An intimate; a companion.
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An attendant demon or evil spirit.
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A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
By Noah Webster.
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Well acquainted, or intimate, with; domestic; affable; easy; unconstrained; unceremonious.
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An intima te.
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Familiarly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Familiarly.
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Well acquainted or intimate; showing the manner of an intimate; free; having a thorough knowledge of; well known or understood.
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One well or long acquainted; a demon supposed to attend at call.
By Daniel Lyons
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Familiarly.
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A familiar friend.
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Well acquainted; thoroughly versed.
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An attendant demon.
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A servant of the Inquisition.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to a family; domestic; well-acquainted; intimate; affable; not formal or distant; well versed in; well known or understood by frequent use; unceremonious; unconstrained; intimate in an unlawful degree.
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An intimate; one long acquainted; a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Well acquainted with; intimate; affable; easy and unconstrained; common; frequent.
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One long acquainted; a spirit or demon supposed to wait on; an officer or servant of the Inquisition employed to arrest and imprison the accused.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. An intimate; a close companion;—a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at a call one in the service of the inquisition.
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Domestick, relating to a family; affable, easy in conversation; well known; well acquainted with, accustomed; easy, unconstrained.
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An intimate, one long acquainted.
By Thomas Sheridan
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HEREDITAMENTS
- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.