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] [1913 Webster]

The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]

2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " Quadrate and cubical numbers." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] " A quadrate, solid, wise man." --Howell. [1913 Webster]

4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] " A generical description quadrate to both." --Harvey. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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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. [1913 Webster]

At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone. [1913 Webster]

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Quadrate \Quad"rate\, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. [1913 Webster]

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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "quadrate": 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

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quadrate adj : having four sides and four angles

noun

1: a cubelike object
2: a square-shaped object

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)