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quadrate

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quad·rate  (kwdrt, -rt)
n.
1.
a. A square or cube.
b. An approximately square or cubic area, space, or object.
2. Zoology A bone or cartilaginous structure of the skull, joining the upper and lower jaws in birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
adj.
1. Having four sides and four angles; square or rectangular.
2. Zoology Of or being the quadrate bone or cartilage.
intr.v. quad·rat·ed, quad·rat·ing, quad·rates Archaic
To correspond; agree.

[Middle English quadrat, something square, from Latin quadrtum, from neuter past participle of quadrre, to make square, from quadrum, square; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

quadrate
Noun
a cube or square, or a square or cubelike object
Verb
[-rating, -rated]
to make square or rectangular [Latin quadrare to make square]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quadrate - a cubelike object
cube, regular hexahedron - a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
2.quadrate - a square-shaped object
foursquare, square - (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
Adj.1.quadrate - having four sides and four angles
square - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"


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In short I am resolved, from this instance, never to give way to the weakness of human nature more, nor to think anything virtue which doth not exactly quadrate with the unerring rule of right.
It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to suggest any general regulation that would be acceptable to all the States in the Union, or that would perfectly quadrate with the several State institutions.
 
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