orientate

verb5

1. •
   [with oneself] (UK, Commonwealth) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).

   • He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.
2. •
   (UK, Commonwealth) To face a given direction.
3. •
   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.

   • The one preferred is to make the dominant forms first order, that is, orientated in such a way as to intersect both horizontal crystallographic axes. — 1848
4. •
   (UK, Commonwealth) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.

   • Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.
5. •
   (no longer used) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.