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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quadrat, -ate, v. Also: quadratt-. [e.m.E. quadrate (1610), L. quadrat- p.p. stem of quadrāre to square: cf. Quadrat,p.p. and ppl. adj.]intr. a. To ‘square’, fit, conform, correspond, agree. (Variously const.)(1) 1646 Justiciary Cases III 720.
And as to the actis … thay quadrat not in this caice nather in the propositiones nor assumptiones 1669 Jus Populi 74.
I wish he would take the following words to himself … for they quadrate well 1683 Decis. Lords F. 23. 1694 Rothesay Par. Rec. 105.
The Session is not satisfied with it because the tyme doth not exactly quadrate(2) 1631 Justiciary Cases I 155.
The dittay … dois nocht agrie nor quadrat with the subsumptioun Ib. 193.
Quhilk thrie perticulares agreis and quadrattis with the natural qualitie of the leasingis … quhairupoun the dittay is foundit 1642 Ib. II 490. a1658 Durham Commandments (1675) 266.
The answer so conceived doth not quadrat with the question 1685 Lauder Notices Affairs II 625. 1687 Shields Hind Let Loose 514.
Threatnings against tyrants … that seem partly to quadrate, and near of a piece with our misrulers 1694 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii 47.
Which soe weell quadratis with your character and statione(3) 1652 Nullity of the Pretended Assembly 25.
It doth most quadrat to the present case 1673 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 5.
None … could give entry to the vassal, which did not quadrate to the executor 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I 15.
He met one to whom all the marks did quadrate(4) 1677 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III 145.
No passive titles quadrate against any but those who are alioqui successuri

b. passive To be regulated or guided in one's conduct (by Scripture). — 1668-9 Fraser Lawfulness Separ. 119.
In all our acts, we should be quadrated by the Scriptures