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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Quadrate

Quād'rate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. quadratus, squared, p. p. of quadrare, to make four-cornered, to square, make square, from quadrus, square, from quatuor, four; It. quadrato, Sp. cuadrado, Fr. quadrat, carré.]

  1. Having four equal and parallel sides, and four right angles; square. “A book of astronomy . . . with figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.” Foxe.
  2. Divisible by four; separable into four equal parts. Browne.
  3. Hence, square; even; balanced; equal; exact. “A quadrate, solid, wise man.” Howell.
  4. Suited; applicable; correspondent. Harvey.

Quād'rate, n.

noun

n. [Lat. quadratum, It. quadrato, Sp. cuadrado, Fr. carré. See supra.] 1. A surface with four equal and parallel sides and four right angles; 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 ninety degrees, or the quarter of a circle; — the same as QUARTILE. Hutton.

Quăd'rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. QUADRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. QUADRATED.] [Lat. quadrare, quadratum, to make square, to be square, to square or agree with, to fit, suit; It. quadrare, Sp. cuadrar, Fr. quadrer, cadrer. See QUADRATE, a.] To agree with; to be accommodated; to suit; to correspond; to square; — followed by with.

The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories. Burke.