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orientate
  • v  determine one's position with reference to another point
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originate
  • v  come into existence; take on form or shape
    A new religious movement originated in that country
  • v  bring into being
  • v  begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
    The flight originates in Calcutta
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oscillate
  • v  be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
    He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
  • v  move or swing from side to side regularly
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osculate
  • v  be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
    These species osculate
  • v  have at least three points in common with
    one curve osculates the other
    these two surfaces osculate
  • v  touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
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ossify
  • v  become bony
  • v  make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
  • v  cause to become hard and bony
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ostentate
  • v  display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
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ostracise
  • v  expel from a community or group
  • v  avoid speaking to or dealing with
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