familiar
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "familiar"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āϜāĻžāύāĻž

easily recognized due to prior contact or involvement, often evoking a sense of comfort or ease
familiar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a sense of comfort in the familiar surroundings of her hometown.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϤ

(of a person) thoroughly knowledgeable about something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doctor is familiar with the patient's medical history.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ , āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ

(of people) intimate or comfortable with one another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The two colleagues were on such familiar terms that they often finished each other's sentences.
āĻĻ⧁āχ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āĻāϤ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁, āϏāĻžāĻĨā§€

a close friend or companion, often used in a casual or affectionate way
familiar definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He always confides in his familiar when things get tough.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

a demon or spirit that serves witches or magicians, providing guidance or assistance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Legends say a familiar can be a small creature or a spirit.
āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•

a person closely connected to a church, often assisting clergy with tasks and duties
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He served as a familiar, helping the priest regularly.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻžāϜāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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