Quadrate (?), 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.
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]
Quadrate (?), 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 militantThat stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined.
2. (Astrol.) 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.[1913 Webster]
3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.[1913 Webster]
Quadrate (?), 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.
Quadrate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.[1913 Webster]