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Origin and history of squared

squared(adj.)

late 14c., "made square, having a cubical shape," past-participle adjective from square (v.). Early 15c. as "solidly built." Of a number, "multiplied by itself," from 1570s. The meaning "drawn up in squares" is from 1660s. Of numbers, "multiplied by itself," from 1550s.

also from late 14c.

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square(v.)

late 14c., squaren, of stones, "make square in shape," from Old French esquarrer, variant of escarrer "to cut square," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare "to square," from Latin ex "out" (see ex-) + quadrare "make square; set in order, complete," from quadrus "a square" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four"). Also probably from or influenced by the noun.

The meaning "regulate according to any given standard" is from 1530s; the sense of "accord with" is from 1590s. With reference to accounts, "balance, make even," by 1815. In 15c.-17c. the verb also could mean "deviate, vary, digress, fall out of order." Related: Squared; squaring.

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    mid-12c., multeplien, "to cause to become many, cause to increase in number or quantity," from Old French multiplier, mouteplier (12c.) "increase, get bigger; flourish; breed; extend, enrich," from Latin multiplicare "to increase," from multiplex (genitive multiplicis) "having ma
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    c. 1200, forme, fourme, "semblance, image, likeness," from Old French forme, fourme, "physical form, appearance; pleasing looks; shape, image; way, manner" (12c.), from Latin forma "form, contour, figure, shape; appearance, looks; a fine form, beauty; an outline, a model, pattern
    from
    Old English fram, preposition denoting departure or movement away in time or space, from Proto-Germanic *fra "forward, away from" (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram "from, away," Old Norse fra "from," fram "forward"), from PIE *pro-mo-, suffixed form of *pro
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    late 13c., "strenuous, ardent, fierce, angry," from Old French aigre "sour, acid; harsh, bitter, rough; eager greedy; lively, active, forceful," from Vulgar Latin *acrus (source also of Italian agro, Spanish agrio), from Latin acer "keen, sharp, pointed, piercing; acute, ardent,
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    late 14c., "to give consent, assent," from Old French agreer "to please, satisfy; to receive with favor, take pleasure in" (12c.), a contraction of the phrase a gré "favorably, of good will," literally "to (one's) liking," or a like contraction in Medieval Latin. The French phras

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