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The pump orientates 360 degrees, so you can place it in any case configuration.

From The Verge • Oct. 21, 2021

The orientates, though in infinite numbers, scarcely came out but in the night, when they made every thing in the cabins seem as if in motion, from the particular noise in crawling about.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

This orientates all the elements of the understanding, as the magnet collects into regular curves the filings of a magnetic metal.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave

The church itself has a fine eastern fa�ade—it orientates to the west—of five arches with an intervening gallery.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

S. Petronio is situated at its southern end, and orientates south by west.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe