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quadrates

quadrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quadrate.

Meaning of quadrate

Verb

quadrate (third-person singular simple present quadrates, present participle quadrating, simple past and past participle quadrated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
  3. (ambitransitive, archaic) To square.
    • quadrating the circle
  4. (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).
    • not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason

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Questions about quadrates

What is quadrates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Quadrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quadrate.

Words near quadrates in the dictionary

  1. quadrate
  2. quadrate bone
  3. quadrate bones
  4. quadrated
  5. quadrateness
  6. quadrates
  7. quadratfrei
  8. quadrathlete
  9. quadrathletes
  10. quadrathlon
  11. quadrathlons

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