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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAD'RATE, a.
1. Square; having four equal and parallel sides.
2. Divisible into four equal parts.
3. Square; equal; exact.
4. Suited; fitted; applicable; correspondent.
QUAD'RATE, n.
1. A square; a surface with four equal and parallel sides.
2. In astrology, an aspect of the heavenly bodies, in which they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the quarter of a circle; the same as quartile.
QUAD'RATE, v.i. [L. quadro.]
To suit; to correspond; to agree with; to be accommodated; followed by with.
Aristotle's rules for epic poetry - cannot be supposed to quadrate exactly with modern heroic poems.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having four sides and four angles n
1: a cubelike object
2: a square-shaped object

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin quadratus, past participle of quadrare to make square, fit, from quadrum square; akin to Latin quattuor four Date: 14th century 1. being square or approximately square 2. of a heraldic cross expanded into a square at the junction of the arms — see cross illustration 3. of, relating to, or constituting a bony or cartilaginous element of each side of the skull to which the lower jaw is articulated in most vertebrates below mammals II. noun Date: 15th century 1. an approximately square or cubical area, space, or body 2. a quadrate bone

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & v. --adj. esp. Anat. & Zool. square or rectangular (quadrate bone; quadrate muscle). --n. 1 a quadrate bone or muscle. 2 a rectangular object. --v. 1 tr. make square. 2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by with) conform or make conform. Etymology: ME f. L quadrare quadrat- make square f. quattuor four

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Burke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Foxe. 2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. `` Quadrate and cubical numbers.'' --Sir T. Browne. 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] `` A quadrate, solid, wise man.'' --Howell. 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] `` A generical description quadrate to both.'' --Harvey. Quadrate 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. --Milton. 2. (Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90[deg], or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6. 3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadrate Quad"rate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Square. II. n. Square.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodate, accord, adjust, check, comport, conform, correspond, cube, cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, dice, diced, dovetail, fit, fit in, form fours, foursquare, go, harmonize, make four, oblong, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadratic, quadriform, quadrilateral, reconcile, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, square, suit, tailor, tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid