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English
Etymology
From Middle English quadre, from Latin quadrāre (“to make four-cornered, make square”). Attested in Middle English from the 15th century.
Verb
quader (third-person singular simple present quaders, present participle quadering, simple past and past participle quadered)
- (archaic) To quadrate.
Scots
Etymology 1
From Middle English quadre.
Verb
quader (third-person singular simple present quaders, present participle quaderin, simple past quadert, past participle quadert)
- to make square, to quadrate
2013 [1865], Andrew McCallum, transl., Ailis’s Anterins i the Laun o Ferlies [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland], translation of original by Lewis Carroll, page 78:Firs cam ten sodgers cairyin mells. Thir war aa the same as the three gairdeners, quader an flet, wi their hauns an feet at the neuks.- First came ten soldiers carrying clubs. They were like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners.
- (figurative) to get along, to be harmonious
Etymology 2
See quad.
Adjective
quader
- comparative degree of quad (“bad, wicked”)