See Also: ORIENT RES GP(finance)
ORIENT(finance)
orient(2)(dictionary)
orient(1)(dictionary)
Air Orient(tourism)
Orient Express, the(dictionary)
ASIA ORIENT(finance)
orient 1, verb(dictionary)
ORIENT POWER(finance)
Orient Hotel(tourism)

ante- (oh) and orient(1) (iou)


ante- (oh)



[Language: Latin; Origin: ante 'before, in front of']
before
-see also anti- anti-, post- post-, pre- pre-
::antedate (=earlier than something)
::antenatal (=before birth)

orient(1) (iou)



orient noun & adjective. Also (esp. in senses A.1, 2) Orient. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin orient- pres. ppl stem of oriri to rise: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
The part of the heavens in which the sun and Other celestial objects rise; the corresponding region of the world or quarter of the compass, the east. Now poet. & rhet. LME.
Pope All the ruddy Orient flames with day.
The part of the earth east of a given point; spec. the countries east of the Mediterranean, esp. those of eastern Asia. Usu. the Orient. Now poet. & literary. LME.
A. Bevan The awakening of the Orient under the impact of Western ideas.
The rising of the sun etc.; dawn. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
fig.: W. Drummond His life having set in the orient of his age.
The special lustre of a pearl of the best quality; a pearl having this lustre. M18.
pearl of orient a pearl from the Indian seas, as opp. to those of less Beauty found in European mussels; gen. a brilliant pearl.
Comb.: Orient Express a train which ran (from 1883 to 1961) between Paris and Istanbul and Other Balkan cities, via Vienna, popularly associated with espionage and intrigue; a successor to this train following a similar route.
b. adjective.
Situated in or belonging to the east; oriental. Now poet. LME.
Coleridge A richer dowry Than orient kings can give!
Of a pearl or Other precious stone, orig. one coming from the East: of superior value and brilliancy, lustrous, precious. LME.
E. Young Orient gems around her temples blazed.
b. gen. Shining, radiant, resplendent. Also, shining like the dawn, bright red. arch. LME.
T. Fuller A shrub, whose red berries..gave an orient tincture to cloth. D. G. Rossetti Its flowering crest impearled and orient.
Of the sun, daylight, etc.: rising. M16.
? Opp. Occident.