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quadrating

quadrating is the present participle and gerund 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 quadrating

What is quadrating the present participle and gerund of?
Quadrating is the present participle and gerund of quadrate.

Words near quadrating in the dictionary

  1. quadratically
  2. quadraticity
  3. quadratick
  4. quadraticks
  5. quadratics
  6. quadrating
  7. quadratite
  8. quadrative
  9. quadratization
  10. quadratizations
  11. quadratize

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