1755. H. T. Croker, Orl. Fur., I. Preface, p. vi. By familiarization we reduce the force of formidable objects, found my purpose not affected by his scheme of forbiddance.
1765. Miss C. Talbot, in Miss Carter, Lett. (1809), III. 126. I would … read to it with proper familiarisations the most striking parts.
1836. T. E. Hook, Gilbert Gurney, II. i. 99. There can be no question that a constant familiarization with such scenes blunts the feelings, if it does not harden the heart.
1888. Sweet, Eng. Sounds, 45. The familiarization of foreign words.
