quarter
noun
one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided.
have quartered
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present perfectof quarter.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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My friend, for some mysterious reason, was left untouched, but the regiments that should have quartered on him joined those that were banqueting on my too unsolid flesh.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
Many noble families, both in this country and on the Continent, have quartered the French lilies to show their origin, or in acknowledgment of the tenure of important fiefs there.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
Many of them, indeed, must have quartered near; for at the Loaninghead, about two miles east of the village, there is an undeniable Roman camp, an outpost of the great camp at Ardoch.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall
Had Peter trusted to Muscovite genius to form and command the troops which superseded the Strelitzes, Charles XII would have quartered in the Kremlin.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
I should think that he cannot be for Armagnac," she said, "or Duke John would hardly have quartered us upon him.
From At Agincourt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
