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quadrate

[kwod-rit, -reyt, kwod-reyt]

adjective

  1. square or rectangular.

  2. Zoology.Ģżof or relating to the quadrate.

  3. Heraldry.Ģż(of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs.

    a cross quadrate.



noun

  1. a square.

  2. something square or rectangular.

  3. Zoology.Ģżone of a pair of bones in the skulls of many lower vertebrates, to which the lower jaw is articulated.

verb (used with object)

quadrated, quadrating 
  1. to cause to conform or harmonize; adapt.

verb (used without object)

quadrated, quadrating 
  1. to agree; conform.

quadrate

noun

  1. a cube, square, or a square or cubelike object

  2. one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and birds that articulates with the lower jaw. In mammals it forms the incus

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this bone

  2. square or rectangular

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to make square or rectangular

  2. (often foll by with) to conform or cause to conform

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • subquadrate adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of quadrate1

1350–1400; Middle English quadrat (noun and adj.) < Latin ±ē³Ü²¹»å°łÄå³Ł³Ü²õ (past participle of ±ē³Ü²¹»å°łÄå°ł±š to make square)
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of quadrate1

C14: from Latin ±ē³Ü²¹»å°łÄå°ł±š to make square
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Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.

From

M. mĆ­nimus, L. Fruiting spike 1–2Ā“ long; achenes quadrate, blunt.—Alluvial ground, Ill. and Ky., thence south and west.

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The free surfaces of the upper teeth are quadrate, except the first and last, which are nearly triangular.

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The King’s remark certainly does not quadrate with Burnet’s statement, that Penn ā€œhad a tedious luscious way of talking.ā€

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The English would do well to make a Present of it to the Republic of Venice, where this Stone would quadrate exactly with the Piece of Moses’s Rock in St. Mark’s Church.

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