I have never heard of "orient" to mean "point something in an easterly direction." The difference between "orient" and "orientate" to my ear is "orient" is a ve

I have never heard of "orient" to mean "point something in an easterly direction." The difference between "orient" and "orientate" to my ear is "orient" is a verb and "orientation" is a noun. That means "object-oriented" is a gerunded adjective and "object-orientated" is an compounded adjectival noun. Since the usage is as a gerunded adjective, "object-orientated" is just grammatically awkward. But I'm not a grammatical prescriptivist, so you guys do you.