quadrate: Meaning and Definition of

quad•rate

1. square or rectangular.
2. of or pertaining to the quadrate.
3. (of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs: a cross quadrate.

1. a square.
2. something square or rectangular.
3. one of a pair of bones in the skulls of many lower vertebrates, to which the lower jaw is articulated.

1. to cause to conform or harmonize; adapt.

1. to agree; conform.