Look at Oriental paper (8)
I believe the answer is:
decorate
'paper' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'look at oriental' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'decor' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'decor'+'at'+'e'='DECORATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decorate that I've seen before include "Award a medal to" , "'Adorn, beautify (8)'" , "Improve the look of" , "paint" , "Beautify by additions" .)