QUAD'RATE, a.

1. Square; having four equal and parallel sides.

2. Divisible into four equal parts.

3. Square; equal; exact.

4. Suited; fitted; applicable; correspondent.

, v.i.

To suit; to correspond; to agree with; to be accommodated; followed by with.

Aristotle's rules for epic poetry - cannot be supposed to quadrate exactly with modern heroic poems.