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"Section F, G and H"

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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.


Fa*mil"iar, n. 1.
An intimate; a companion.


All my familiars watched for my
halting.


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