Quadrate
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Square; having four equal and parallel sides.
3. Square; equal; exact.
Quadrate
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
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.
Quadrate
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To suit; to correspond; to agree with; to be
accommodated; followed by with.
2. Aristotle's rules for epic poetry - cannot be supposed to quadrate exactly with modern heroic poems.
Quadrate
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
5. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence,
figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
6. 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.
7. The quadrate bone.
8. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
Quadrate
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To
adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
