orientate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: o=ri=en=tate

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orientate, v.tr. & intr. = ORIENT v.

Etymology

prob. back-form. f. ORIENTATION

ROGET THESAURUS

orientate

Laterality

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