quadrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to agree, correspond, or fit exactly with something

   The new evidence does not quadrate with the original hypothesis.

2. 2
   adj

   square or having four equal sides and four right angles

   The mason cut a quadrate stone for the center of the floor.

3. 3
   noun

   a square or square-shaped object

   The diagram places a circle inside a quadrate.

From Middle English quadrat and Latin quadratus, 'made square,' the past participle of quadrare, 'to make square or put in order,' from quattuor, 'four.' The verb sense 'agree exactly' survives in the phrase square with.

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