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verb

Orient v. t.

1.

To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

2.

Hence: To acquaint with new surroundings or a new situation.

3.

Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

4.

Same as Orientate, 2.

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.

noun

Orient n.

1.

The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. "(Morn) came furrowing all the orient into gold."

2.

The countries of Asia or the East. "Best built city throughout the Orient."

3.

A pearl of great luster. (R.)

adjective

Orient adj.

1.

Rising, as the sun. "Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun."

2.

Eastern; oriental. "The orient part."

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." "Orient gems." "Orient liquor in a crystal glass."

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Etymology of 'Orient'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Orient" Quotes from Famous Books

... in any other city in the world. Nor does the law of kindness restrict itself to man. Islam has anticipated Mr. Bergh, and "The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" had as its founder in the Orient no less a personage than Mohammed, whom "the faithful" revere as the Messenger (Resoul) of God, and whom we improperly term Prophet. The Koran specially inculcates kindness to the brute creation, and so thoroughly does the Mussulman obey ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873 • Various

... the single architect of the group, W. B. Faville, of San Francisco, drawing upon the famous styles of many lands and schools, has combined into an ordered and vastly impressive whole not only the structural art of Orient and of the great Spanish builders, but also the principles of the Italian Renaissance and the architecture of Greece and Rome from which it sprang. Thus the group is wholly Southern in its origin. There is no suggestion here of the colder Gothic ...

— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber

... Italian politics, and exiled from her home and adopted country, she went to the Orient with her daughter Maria, partly supporting herself with her pen. After her departure, the finding of the corpse of Stelzi in her cupboard caused her to be compared to the Spanish Juana Loca, but she was only eccentric. While ...

— Women in the Life of Balzac • Juanita Helm Floyd

... latter to forget his former animosity, and from that time the two were close friends. Under Nelson's command Ball took part in the battle of the Nile, and his ship, the "Alexander," was the particular opponent of Brueys' flagship, "L'Orient," which blew up. Two months later he was ordered to the blockade of Malta, which was kept up without a break for the next two years. Ball committed the blockade to his first lieutenant, and himself led the marines and local militia, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various

... real Lowestoft!" he crowed. "Not that hard-paste stuff from the Orient that's CALLED Lowestoft, but the real thing—English, you know. And that's the tray that goes with it, too. Wonderful—how I got them both! You know they 'most always get separated. I paid a cool ...

— Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter

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