orient

7 definitions found

orient - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*ent), a. [F., fr. L. oriens,
     -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.]
     1. Rising, as the sun.
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              Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. --Milton.
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     2. Eastern; oriental. "The orient part." --Hakluyt.
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     3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; --
        used of gems and also figuratively, because the most
        perfect jewels are found in the East. "Pearls round and
        orient." --Jer. Taylor. "Orient gems." --Wordsworth.
        "Orient liquor in a crystal glass." --Milton.
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  Orient \O"ri*ent\, n.
     1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the
        morning; the east.
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              [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     2. The countries of Asia or the East. --Chaucer.
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              Best built city throughout the Orient. --Sir T.
                                                    Herbert.
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     3. A pearl of great luster. [R.] --Carlyle.
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  Orient \O"ri*ent\ ([=o]"r[i^]*[e^]nt), v. t. [F. orienter. Cf.
     Orientate.]
     1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or
        east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
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     2. Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new
        situation.
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     3. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first
        principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
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     4. Same as Orientate, 2.
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     5. To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north
        side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the
        horizon; specif. (Surv.), to rotate (a map attached to a
        plane table) until the line of direction between any two
        of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction
        in nature.
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orient - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Orient
      n 1: the countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient]
      2: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
         [syn: eastern hemisphere, orient]
      v 1: be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers
           toes pointed outward" [syn: orient, point]
      2: determine one's position with reference to another point; "We
         had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: orient,
         orientate] [ant: disorient, disorientate]
      3: cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
      4: familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances;
         "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
      5: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented
         towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your
         surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]

orient - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Orient, IA (city, FIPS 59565)
    Location: 41.20283 N, 94.41788 W
    Population (1990): 376 (173 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50858
  Orient, IL (city, FIPS 56536)
    Location: 37.91641 N, 88.97536 W
    Population (1990): 428 (201 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Orient, NY
    Zip code(s): 11957
  Orient, OH (village, FIPS 58800)
    Location: 39.80562 N, 83.15149 W
    Population (1990): 273 (101 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 43146
  Orient, SD (town, FIPS 47460)
    Location: 44.90286 N, 99.08833 W
    Population (1990): 59 (45 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57467

orient - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "orient":
     acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust,
     aglow, assess, beaming, beamy, blushing, break, break in,
     bright and sunny, burning, candescent, case harden, condition,
     confirm, domesticate, domesticize, east, eastern, establish,
     familiarize, fix, flushing, gentle, gleaming, gleamy, glinting,
     glowing, habituate, harden, housebreak, illuminant, incandescent,
     inure, irradiative, lamping, light as day, luciferous, lucific,
     luciform, luminant, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent,
     luminous, lustrous, naturalize, orient the map, oriental,
     orientate, radiant, rutilant, rutilous, season, shining, shiny,
     starbright, starlike, starry, streaming, suffused, sunny, sunshiny,
     tame, train, wont
  
  

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Orient":
     Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor,
     Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East,
     Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania,
     Old World, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under,
     eastland, landmass, the old country