'Quadrate' definitions:

Definition of 'quadrate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having four sides and four angles
noun
A cubelike object
noun
A square-shaped object

Definition of 'Quadrate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Quadrate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Quadrate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Quadrate'

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

Synonyms of 'quadrate'

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