Quadrate

QUAD'RATE, a.
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, n.
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, v.i. [L. 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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