Fame
(Fame), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.]
1. To report widely or honorably.
The field where thou art famed
To have wrought such wonders.
Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned.
Those Hesperian gardens famed of old.
Milton. Fameless
(Fame"less), a. Without fame or renown. — Fame"less*ly, adv.
Familiar
(Fa*mil`iar) a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]
1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." Byron.
2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as,
familiar with the Scriptures.
3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
"In loose, familiar strains." Addison.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Shak. 4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
That war, or peace, or both at once, may be
As things acquainted and familiar to us.
Shak.
There is nothing more familiar than this.
Locke. 5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. Camden.
Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.
Familiar
(Fa*mil"iar), n.
1. An intimate; a companion.
All my familiars watched for my halting.
Jer. xx. 10. 2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. Shak.
3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending
and imprisoning the accused.
Familiarity
(Fa*mil`iar"i*ty) n.; pl. Familiarities [OE. familarite, F. familiaritéfr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]
1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom
from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
2. 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.
Syn. — Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.
Familiarization
(Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion) n. The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming
familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
