| Quadrate (quadrate) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Quad"rate |
| [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 |
Having
four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles;
square.
Produced by multiplying a number by itself;
square.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
Squared; suited; correspondent.
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| Quadrate (quadrate) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Quad"rate |
| [L. quadratum.
See Quadrate, a.] |
A plane surface with four equal sides and four
right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the
outline of a square.
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.
The quadrate bone.
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| Quadrate (quadrate) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Quad"rate |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Quadrated (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Quadrating.] [See Quadrate, a.] |
To square] to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by
with.
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| Quadrate (quadrate) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Quad"rate |
|
To adjust (a gun)
on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal
firing.
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