"He . . . stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge"

-- John le Carré

1. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward. 
2. To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves. 

Just for fun, I consulted the OneLook Dictionary Search.  Sure enough, there is exactly one worldwide reference for 'rec•on•cil•i•ate'.  Random House Unabridged Dictionary gives a one word definition, 'reconcile' -- apparently with a straight face.  Ah, but does anybody in the world actually use that silly word?  A quick googling of "reconciliate" turned up 6,000 pages.

adaptate, administrate, admirate, adorate, affirmate, applicate, authorizate, aviate, cessate, civilizate, classificate, combinate, commendate, compilate, condemnate, condensate, confirmate, confrontate, considerate, consoltate, constellate, consternate, constipate, consultate, continuate, conversate, corporate, declarate, degradate, derivate, desolate, destinate, determinate, detestate, disputate, documentate, durate, examinate, exclamate, expectate, experimentate, explanate, explorate, exultate, fermentate, formate (hah! back-formate), foundate, gratificate, hospitalizate, identificate, imaginate, implementate, inclinate, indentate, indignate, informate, inspirate, installate, institutionalizate,  interpretate, invitate, invocate, justificate, lamentate, limitate, machinate, manifestate, materializate, modificate, naturalizate, observate, occupate, organizate, ornamentating, ovate, perspirate, perturbate, preparate, presentate, preservate, private, prolongate, pronunciate, provocate, publicate, qualificate, realizate, recitate, rectificate, registrate, renunciate, reorganizate, representate, reputate, respirate, restorate, revelate, salutate, salvate, sanitate, significate, simplificate, starvate, temptate, transfigurate, transformate, transportate, tribulate, triturate, verificate, vocate.

Lopping off the '-ate' along with the '-ion' gets you back to the original verb ('orient', 'reconcile') -- usually but not always (congreg, congratul, delini, desegreg, expostul, investig, legisl, loc, ov, particip, penetr, popul, retali, segreg, transl, tribul).  One reason is that English appropriated many verbs from other languages by merely tweaking them with the '-ate' suffix.  For example, here is a collection of French infinitives that became English verbs that you will recognize.  Unlike the verbs in the previous list, each cannot live without its '-ate.'

abrétier, abdiquer, accumuler, agglomérer, agiter, anticiper, apprécier, approprier, capituler, collaborer, commémorer, confisquer, contaminer, contempler, coopérer, couronner, corréler, corroborer, cultiver, défenestrer, dégénérer, déléguer, délibérer, démontrer, déréguler, déroger, détoner, dicter, discriminer,  disséminer, dominer, donner, durer, éduquer, élaborer, élever, éliminer, émanciper, émuler, évacuer, exagérer, exterminer, faciliter, fasciner, fédérer, générer, germiner, graviter, halluciner, hésiter, hiberner, humilier, imiter, immigrer, impliquer, indiquer, innover, inoculer, insinuer, instiguer, interpoler, inonder, investiguer, isoler, manipuler, mastiquer, méditer, modérer, mutiler, opérer, précipiter, préméditer, proliférer, promulguer, propager, ponctuer, réciter, réguler, réhabiliter, séparer, simuler, spéculer, stagner, stipuler, suffoquer, tolérer, vénérer, ventiler, violer.

All right then, what about 'orientate'?  At least 15 dictionaries have solemn entries that define 'orientate' as an alternative for 'orient'.  Fastenate your seatbelt: The verb 'orientate' appears on the web at more than 1,600,000 sites.  The previous sentence does not end with an exclamation point, but the next one does.  The very first google-hit could well have been written by Miss Meyer!
 

Which makes me wonder if Miss Meyer's first name might have been Melanie.