Quadrate — Defs

01 a. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; 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.
3.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.[Archaic]
4.
Squared; suited; correspondent.[Archaic]

Phrases & compounds

Quadrate bone — 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.

02 n. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.

1.
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.(Geom.)
“At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined.” — Milton.
2.
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.(Astrol.) See: Note, Aspect
3.
The quadrate bone.(Anat.)

03 v. i. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.

imp. & p. p. Quadrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrating

1.
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.

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

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To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.