familiarize with

familiarize someone with something

to help someone get to know or understand someone or something. I hope you will take the time to familiarize yourself with the instructions before you set out to operate this device. Let me take a moment to familiarize myself with the facts of the case.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Octave	-	French
Gedaliah	ged-ə-LIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Rene	['renei]
Beckett	BEK-it	English (Modern)
Adelaide	['ædəleid]
Yaroslav	yah-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic