[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
quadrant quadrat quarry square quadrate bone 

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