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quadrate

[ adjective noun kwod-rit, -reyt; verb kwod-reyt ]

adjective

  1. square or rectangular.
  2. Zoology. of or relating to the quadrate.
  3. Heraldry. (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. one 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this bone
  2. square or rectangular
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻产路辩耻补诲顎价补迟别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quadrate1

1350鈥1400; Middle English quadrat (noun and adj.) < Latin 辩耻补诲谤腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 辩耻补诲谤腻谤别 to make square)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quadrate1

C14: from Latin 辩耻补诲谤腻谤别 to make square
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Example Sentences

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Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.

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M. m铆nimus, L. Fruiting spike 1鈥2麓 long; achenes quadrate, blunt.鈥擜lluvial 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鈥檚 remark certainly does not quadrate with Burnet鈥檚 statement, that Penn 鈥渉ad a tedious luscious way of talking.鈥

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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鈥檚 Rock in St. Mark鈥檚 Church.

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