QUAD'RATE, adjective 1. Square; having four equal and parallel sides. 2. Divisible into four equal parts. 3. Square; equal; exact. 4. Suited; fitted; applicable; correspondent. QUAD'RATE, noun 1. A square; a surface with four equal and parallel sides. 2. In astrology, an aspect of the heavenly bodies, in which they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the quarter of a circle; the same as quartile. QUAD'RATE, verb intransitive [Latin quadro.] To suit; to correspond; to agree with; to be accommodated; followed by with. Aristotle's rules for epic poetry - cannot be supposed to quadrate exactly with modern heroic poems.
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