QUADRATO. SQUADRARE. FAR QUADRARE
quadrate
\quad"rate\ (?), n. [l. quadratum. see quadrate, a.]
1. (geom.) a plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. at which command, the powers militant that stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined.
2. (astrol.) an aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. see the note under aspect, 6.
3. (anat.) the quadrate bone.
quadrate
\quad"rate\ (?), a. [l. quadratus squared, p. p. of quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. see quadrant, and cf. quadrat, quarry an arrow, square.] 1. having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.
2. produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " quadrate and cubical numbers." t. browne.
3. square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [archaic] " a quadrate, solid, wise man."
4. squared; suited; correspondent. [archaic] " a generical description quadrate to both." arvey.
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bone (anat.), a bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. in reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or incus.
quadrate
\quad"rate\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. quadrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. quadrating.] [see quadrate, a.] to square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. [archaic] the objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories.
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\quad"rate\, v. t. to adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
quadrate
adj : having four sides and four angles n
1. a cubelike object
2. a square-shaped object
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