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disorientate (iou)



disorientate verb trans. E18.
[from DIS- 2 + ORIENTATE.]
Turn from the east, give an alignment other than eastern; change or vary the alignment of. E18.
R. F. Chapman The membrane is usually..made up..of disoriented fibres in an amorphous matrix.
= DISORIENT. E18.
dis,orien'tation noun (a) deviation from an eastern alignment; (b) the condition of having lost one's bearings; a confused mental state (sometimes caused by disease) in which a person's sense of time, place, or personal identity is disturbed: M19.