Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Quadrate has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
a cubelike object
a square-shaped object
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
having four sides and four angles
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.