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Say what you will, but orientate is nothing but pure verb. Orient is a verbed noun.

That said, the definition of orient, "to place or arrange so as to face the east" dates to the early 18th century, orientate comes in the mid 19th. Plenty of time to have gotten used to it, IMNSHO.



I don't doubt its validity, I just don't like the sound of it. it sounds un-necessary.

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