Crossword-Solution: ORIENT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Orient | a. | Rising, as the sun. |
| Orient | a. | Eastern; oriental. |
| Orient | a. | Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East. |
| Orient | n. | The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east. |
| Orient | n. | The countries of Asia or the East. |
| Orient | n. | A pearl of great luster. |
| Orient | v. t. | To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of. |
| Orient | v. t. | Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ORIENT | anagram | ETNOIR, IRETON, NOIRET, NORITE, REINTO, TINORE, TONIER, TOREIN, TRINEO, TRONIE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with ORIENT (5)
Moon, that now meetst the orient Sun, now fli’st With the fixt Starrs, fixt in thir Orb that flies, And yee five other wandring Fires that move In mystic Dance not without Song, resound His praise, who out of Darkness call’d up Light.
The “rice Christian” of the Orient goes through the very same steps, when he is after rice and the missionary is after _him_; he goes for rice, and remains to worship.
There either, say they, reigns the eternal hush Of night that knows no seasons, her black pall Thick-mantling fold on fold; or thitherward From us returning Dawn brings back the day; And when the first breath of his panting steeds On us the Orient flings, that hour with them Red Vesper 'gins to trim his his 'lated fires.
From every land has come a prize; Rich spices from the Orient, And fruit that knew Italian skies, And figs that ripened by the sea In Smyrna, nuts from hot Brazil, Strange pungent meats from Germany, And currants from a Grecian hill.
Yit in the bible his name is bore, For al the world in Orient Was hol at his comandement: 2790 As thanne of kinges to his liche Was non so myhty ne so riche; To his Empire and to his lawes, As who seith, alle in thilke dawes Were obeissant and tribut bere, As thogh he godd of Erthe were.
Quotes with ORIENT (3)
A learned society of our day, no doubt with the loftiest of intentions, has proposed the question, “Which people, in history, might have been the happiest?” If I properly understand the question, and if it is not altogether beyond the scope of a human answer, I can think of nothing to say except that at a certain time and under certain circumstances every people must have experienced such a moment or else it never was [a people]. Then again, human nature is no vessel for an a…
.......... books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will:
Their lives were precarious and they knew it. They were trying their best to fit themselves into a country which would never quite accept them, and to make themselves acceptable in a part of the world where their intrusion was resented in the vain hope that thus their establishments might endure ... The Orient remained strange and hostile. Unfamiliar diseases abounded. No one could be trusted. There was never security or peace for long. In any alley-way an assassin might be l…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 371 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).