orientate

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To orient.
• intransitive verb To face or turn to the east.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To turn or cause to turn toward the east; cause to assume an easterly direction or aspect; orient; specifically, to place (a church) with its altar-end toward the east. See orient, v., 2.
• To determine or ascertain the position of, especially with reference to the east; determine or fix the position or bearings of; figuratively, to take one's proper bearings mentally.
• To place, as a crystal, in such a position as to show clearly the true relation of the several parts.
• To assume an easterly direction; turn or veer toward the east; specifically (ecclesiastical), to be so constructed that the end nearest the altar or high altar (ecclesiastically accounted the eastern end) is directed toward a certain point of the compass; especially, to be so placed that the conventional eastern end is directed toward the geographical east.
• To worship toward the east; especially, to celebrate the eucharist in the eastward position — that is, facing the altar. See eastward, a.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
• transitive verb To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
• transitive verb To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
• transitive verb Same as orient{2}.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb UK, intransitive To face (a given direction).
• verb UK, reflexive To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
• verb UK, transitive To position (something), to align relative to a given position.
• verb archaic To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb determine one's position with reference to another point