What is "refamiliarizing"

Usage examples of "refamiliarizing".

After he had eaten he took the Mauser in his lap and handled it lovingly, refamiliarizing himself with the weapoWs feel and balance, working the bolt action, bringing the butt to his shoulder and sighting through the lens of the telescope at objects down the slope.

He had worked for eighteen hours with hardly a break, refamiliarizing himself with the weaponry carried by Aerfen and its sibling ships, weapons that depended on precision and finesse rather than brute force, as did those of the Enterprise.

Yegorov took his time, refamiliarizing himself with the forward cockpit and explaining several key pieces of information to Fursenko-he was mindful of the fact that although Fursenko had designed and built the plane, he had never flown in it or any other aircraft before.

He leaned across, switching on the bedside lamp, then stood, looking about him, refamiliarizing himself with the tiny room.