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Orient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Rising, as the sun.

2. - Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.

3. The orient morn.

4. Eastern; oriental.

5. Bright; shining; glittering; as orient pearls.

Orient [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The east; the part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning.

Orient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Rising, as the sun.

2. Eastern; oriental.

3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.

Orient [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

2. The countries of Asia or the East.

3. A pearl of great luster.

Orient [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

Oriental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Eastern; situated in the east; as oriental seas or countries.

2. Proceeding from the east; as the oriental radiations of the sun.

Oriental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A native or inhabitant of some eastern part of the world. We give the appellation to the inhabitants of Asia from the Hellespont and Mediterranean to Japan.

Oriental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

Oriental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

2. Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

Orientalism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An eastern mode of speech; an idiom of the eastern languages.

Orientalism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.

2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.

Orientalist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An inhabitant of the eastern parts of the world.

2. One versed in the eastern languages and literature.

Orientalist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.

Orientality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being oriental or eastern. [Not used.]

Orientality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.

Orientalize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Orientalized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Orientalize

Orientalizing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Orientalize

Orientate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Orientate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. 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.

Orientated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Orientate

Orientating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Orientate

Orientation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

2. The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

3. An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

4. Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

Orientness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.