quarter
noun
one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided.
has quartered
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present perfectof quarter (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"The commandant has quartered two prisoners, English officers, upon us," she said.
From Jack Archer by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
In memory of her he has quartered his own arms with those of Des Touches, which are: party couped, tranche and taille or and sinople, on the latter two eagles argent.
From Beatrix by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Then there are the children of all these;—the children of the farm-labourer associating with those of the vagrant, who has quartered himself in the Union during the rains.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
Here I am parading about Warsaw, while here real, artistic poverty has quartered itself in earnest!
From The Comedienne by Edmund Obecny
I would bet that he has quartered us on this Count Preskoff from pure spite.
From Jack Archer by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
