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quadrate¹

  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ UK
  • /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ UK
  • /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/ US
  • /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

adjective more quadrate · most quadrate · quadrat

  1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. […]figures some rounde, some triangle, some quadrate,[…]
  2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. The number of Ten hath been as highly extolled, as containing even, odd, long, plain, quadrate and cubical numbers.
  3. archaic Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. The Moraliſt tells us that a quadrat ſolid wiſe man, ſhould[…]be ſtill the same,[…]
  4. archaic Squared; suited; correspondent. a generical description quadrate to both

quadrate²

  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ UK
  • /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ UK
  • /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/ US
  • /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”).

noun quadrates · quadrat

  1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. At which command, the powers militant That stood for heav'n, in mighty quadrate joyn'd.
  2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.

    Similar: square

  3. The quadrate bone.

quadrate³

  • /kwɒdˈɹeɪt/ UK
  • /kwɑdˈɹeɪt/ US

Rhymes with -eɪt

Where it comes from

From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō.

verb quadrates · quadrating · quadrated · quadrat

  1. archaic, transitive To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
  2. archaic, transitive To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
  3. ambitransitive, archaic To square. quadrating the circle
  4. archaic, transitive To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with). not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason

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@misc{quadrate_2026,
  title = {quadrate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quadrate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}