orientate

To orient.

To face or turn to the east.

To turn or cause to turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction or aspect; orient; specifically, to place (a church) with its altar-end toward the east. See orient, v., 2.

To determine or ascertain the position of, especially with reference to the east; determine or fix the position or bearings of; figuratively, to take one’s proper bearings mentally.

To place, as a crystal, in such a position as to show clearly the true relation of the several parts.

To assume an easterly direction; turn or veer toward the east; specifically (ecclesiastical), to be so constructed that the end nearest the altar or high altar (ecclesiastically accounted the eastern end) is directed toward a certain point of the compass; especially, to be so placed that the conventional eastern end is directed toward the geographical east.

To worship toward the east; especially, to celebrate the eucharist in the eastward position — that is, facing the altar. See eastward, a.

To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

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.