reorientadj.
/ˌriːˈɔːrɪənt/, /ˌriːˈɒrɪənt/, U.S. /riˈɔriənt/ Chiefly poetic (now rare).
Rising again.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards > again
resurging1594
re-rising1658
resurgent1746
reorient1850
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxiv. 180 The life re-orient out of dust. View more context for this quotation
1856 G. Massey Craigcrook Castle 205 It came, my dazzling dawn's re-orient hope!
1890 F. St. John Thackeray Prudentius 93 So buried seeds repair our store Reorient from the parched earth.
1898 T. H. Rand At Minas Basin (ed. 2) 152 A quickened palimpsest agleam, Re-orient out of dusk and dream!
1911 Times 28 June 15/1 Origo..the son of Sir Hugo and Reorient—it will be seen how his name is extracted from the names of his sire and dam.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
reorientv.
/rɪˈɔːrɪɛnt/, /rɪˈɒrɪɛnt/, /ˌriːˈɔːrɪɛnt/, /ˌriːˈɒrɪɛnt/, U.S. /riˈɔriənt/ 1. transitive. To give a new orientation, direction, or focus to, to redirect.
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the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > direct actions, speech, etc., towards > redirect
redirect1778
reorient1877
reorientate1913
recanalize1927
re-route1978
the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > face a direction > cause to face a direction
obvert1583
orient1842
orientate1880
reorient1975
1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xxxii. 510 Let earth, henceforth, To its right creed re-oriented.., confess Things all may symbols, each of other, be.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 4 Thus reoriented in our work, it must be observed that our remaining hypothesis also divides into alternative possibilities.
1933 Times Educ. Suppl. 25 Feb. 57/4 Russia's children are suffering in the grim struggle; but they are not having to be reborn, to reorient their whole lives.
1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 32 His [sc. Einstein's] quantum and relativity theories were reorienting physics thought.
1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception vii. 74 ‘I feel so out of touch,..as though I've stood still for two whole years while everything passed me by.’ ‘We'll reorient you,’ Forsythe assured.
1975 Nature 10 July 109/1 On day 123 the satellite was reoriented.
2003 Pop. Sci. Feb. 28/1 It can reorient its wheels and payload a full 180 degrees.
2.
a. transitive (reflexive). To find one's position again in relation to one's surroundings (frequently figurative); to adopt a new position or direction.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (reflexive)]
applya1500
apt1545
lend1854
adjust1874
reorient1914
reorientate1914
fit1919
1914 R. C. Cabot What Men Live By iv. xxxiv. 335 The more pressing is our need for reorienting, recommitting, refreshing ourselves in an appeal to God.
1920 W. Patten Grand Strategy Evol. iii. x. 271 How he has been compelled to reorient himself to it in mental tropic response.
1937 Jrnl. Compar. Psychol. 24 296 The animals did recognize a new situation in the tests... Many took much longer about the first jump in the test trials, and appeared to be re-orienting themselves to the whole environment.
1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1229/2 Some will reorient themselves in their new surroundings in about three weeks, recognising their new ward as their home.
1963 Economist 19 Jan. 232/2 If the railways can really re-orient themselves.
1999 J. May Shut Up & Deal i. 16 Basically I can't deal, I'm dysfunctional, I need to reorient myself, my place in space, my poker philosophy.
b. intransitive with reflexive meaning.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (intransitive)]
temporize1555
accommodate1597
localizea1631
to piece in1636
attemper1807
trim1888
adapt1910
reorient1916
adjust1924
to trim one's sails to the wind1928
to roll with the punches1956
1916 Biol. Bull. 30 263 If now the position of the source of stimulation is changed so as to illuminate the organisms from the side, they again turn until they are directed from the light, that is, they reorient.
1960 C. D. Simak in Mag. Fantasy & Science Fiction June 104 He had to reorient, he knew. He had to come to..terms..with this situation.
1974 Nature 6 Sept. 16/1 The other spectra are so similar to V that Watkins also assigns them to zinc vacancies. But the V1 centres do not reorient under uniaxial stress.
1997 P. A. Levine Waking Tiger iii. 35 As the bird begins to tremble, it will show signs that it is reorienting to its surroundings.
Derivatives
reˈoriented adj.
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1916 H. M. Howe Metallogr. Steel & Cast Iron xxiv. 444 According to these writers a twin..is a re-oriented slip band.
1940 Times 29 July 4 These [policies] are understood to include plans for larger armaments, a reoriented foreign policy and a reinforced administrative structure at home.
2004 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 20 1136/1 A major field measurement program was initiated..to monitor processes before and after dredging of a reoriented deep-draft entrance channel to Wilmington Harbor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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