quadrate

/ˈkwɒdɹeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
The quadrate bone.
To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
To square.
To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
Squared; suited; correspondent.

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