Disorientate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of disorient. British, alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes
"Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries."
- 2 cause to be lost or disoriented wordnet
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More examples"Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries."
Etymology
From dis- + orientate. Not a back-formation from disorientation, which is attested much later and is perhaps from disorientate.
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