quadrate

quadrate [kwä′drit, kwä′drāt΄; ] for v. [, kwä′drāt΄]

adj.

[ME < L quadratus, pp. of quadrare, to make square < quadrus, a square < quattuor,FOUR]

1. square or nearly square; rectangular

2. Zool. designating a bone or cartilage of the skull in birds, bony fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, to which the lower jaw is joined

n.

[ME < L quadratum < quadratus]

1. a square or rectangle

2. a square or rectangular space, thing, etc.

3. Zool. the quadrate bone

vi.

quadrated, quadrating

to square; agree (with)

vt.

to make square; make (something) conform