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.