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   quadrate

   noun

   • 1. (in the skull of a bird or reptile) a squarish bone with which the jaw articulates, thought to be homologous with the incus of the middle ear in mammals.
   • 2. another term for quadratus

   adjective

   • 1. roughly square or rectangular: "a broad shell with a quadrate outline"

   verb

   • 1. make square: "the materials are there quadrated or formed into rectangular blocks"
   • 2. conform with or correspond to something: "he had to make a creed which would quadrate with his immorality"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin quadrat- ‘made square’, from the verb quadrare, from quattuor ‘four’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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