Meaning & use
Quartered
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Divided into four equal or roughly equal parts.
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She quartered the apple before handing pieces to the children.
The soldiers were quartered in a farmhouse for the winter.
A note on using this word
Historically, to be "hanged, drawn, and quartered" was a brutal English execution method in which the body was cut into four parts, a grim origin behind the word's darker connotations.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Provided with temporary lodging, especially for soldiers.
The troops were quartered in the village school for the night.
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