Definition of "quartered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of quarter. (verb)

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• "I once again quartered the recipe and baked it in an 8inch heart pan."
• "Up to 30,000 government soldiers and an equal number of UNITA troops are set to be 'quartered' as part of the peace agreement signed by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in November 1994."
• "More cautiously than ever, we now crept along the trail -- advancing only after the ground had been thoroughly "quartered" by the scouts."