disorientate

Variant of disorient

transitive verb

  1. to turn away from the east
  2. to cause to lose one's bearings
  3. to confuse mentally, esp. with respect to time, place, and the identity of persons and objects

Origin: Fr désorienter: see dis- & orient,

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