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   Disorient (?), v. t.
   1. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.]  Bp. Warburton.
   
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   2. to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to cause to lose one's bearings or way; as, “the tourist was disoriented by the winding and narrow streets”.
   
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   3. (Psychiatry) to cause one to lose one's sense of time or place, or of one's own personal identity.
   
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   4. to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something which has served as a standard or guide to action; as, “workers were rendered unemployed and disoriented by the rapid changes in the markets”.
   
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