intransitive verb. To orient.

intransitive verb. To face or turn to the east.

To turn or cause to turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction or aspect; orient; specifically, to place (a church) with its altar-end toward the east. See orient, v., 2.

To determine or ascertain the position of, especially with reference to the east; determine or fix the position or bearings of; figuratively, to take one's proper bearings mentally.

To place, as a crystal, in such a position as to show clearly the true relation of the several parts.

To assume an easterly direction; turn or veer toward the east; specifically (ecclesiastical), to be so constructed that the end nearest the altar or high altar (ecclesiastically accounted the eastern end) is directed toward a certain point of the compass; especially, to be so placed that the conventional eastern end is directed toward the geographical east.

To worship toward the east; especially, to celebrate the eucharist in the eastward position — that is, facing the altar. See eastward, a.

intransitive verb. To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

transitive verb. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. Same as orient{2}.

verb. To face (a given direction).

verb. To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

verb. To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

verb. To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

verb. determine one's position with reference to another point

"Some decades ago, Eric Partridge noted in Usage and Abusage that orientate is correct as an intransitive (“to face in a particular direction”), but that orient is preferable in all other senses."

decide  determine  make up one's mind  

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