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orientate

Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

orientate(v = verb.perception) orient - determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"

is one way to decide, determine, make up one's mind

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

orientate, v. t. [From Orient.].

To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward. [1913 Webster]
To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves. [1913 Webster]
"A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry." [1913 Webster]
Same as orient{2}. [PJC]

orientate, v. i.

To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east. [1913 Webster]

orientate, v.tr. & intr. = ORIENT v.

Etymology

prob. back-form. f. ORIENTATION

VB be on one side, flank, outflank, sidle, skirt, orientate.

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