REORIENT

reorient

(verb) set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; “Orient the house towards the South”

reorient

(verb) cause to turn

reorientate, reorient

(verb) orient once again, after a disorientation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reorient (third-person singular simple present reorients, present participle reorienting, simple past and past participle reoriented)

(ambitransitive) To orient again; to make or become oriented after dislocation or disorientation.

Adjective

reorient (not comparable)

(obsolete) Arising again.

Anagrams

• orienter

Source: Wiktionary


Re*o"ri*ent (r-"r-ent), a.

Definition: Rising again. [R.] The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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