What I fail to comprehend is the use of the ending -tate. Orientate to
orient someone in a direction.

Arrgh! That drives me nuts. I figure the person using "orientate" is
illiterate when I hear that.
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Sooz
The things that will destroy us a politics without principle; pleasure
without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business
without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. - M.
Ghandi