orienate
To orientate, orient (oneself or something); to be able not to get lost.
transitive
He sat up amid the melting ephialtes, stared at the woman and tried to orienate himself.
To change (or make something change) for or get accustomed (or make something get accustomed) to a new situation, adapt.
dated, intransitive, transitive
We may also discern that Mary picks up something of a possible rebuke as, in her final turn, she orienate directly to this contrast between *then' and ' now' by identifying Jean and Mary as "you' - [...]
To point (something) in a particular direction.
transitive
For in every respect the author's approach and treatment are soundly calculated to develop a mentality, to orienate a spirituality, that will be nothing if not wholesome and traditional.
Where it comes from
Probably from an incorrectly relatinized form of orientate, from Latin oriēns (“orient”, orient- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or from a misspelling of the same (see the citations page). Compare oriency and orience as well as eventerate.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry orienate (CC BY-SA 4.0).