quadrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Quad"rate adjective

Etymology

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.

Definitions

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.

Quad"rate noun

Etymology

L. quadratum. See Quadrate, a.

Definitions

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°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.

Quad"rate intransitive verb

Etymology

See Quadrate, a.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Quadrated ; present participle & verbal noun Quadrating

Definitions

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.

Quad"rate transitive verb

Definitions

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