quadrate
/หkwษdษนeษชt/IPA: /K W AA0 D R EY0 T/
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A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
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An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90ยฐ, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
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The quadrate bone.
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To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
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To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
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To square.
โquadrating the circleโ
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To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).
โnot quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reasonโ
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Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
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Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
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Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
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Squared; suited; correspondent.
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