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English
Etymology
Compare acates, and see cater.
Noun
cates pl (plural only)
- (archaic) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 1, lines 155–158:I had rather live / With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, / Than feed on cates and have him talk to me / In any summer house in Christendom.
1764, Charles Churchill, The Times:Hath any rival glutton got the start, / And beat him in his own luxurious art; / Bought cates for which Apicius could not pay, / Or drest old dainties in a newer way?
1855, Robert Browning, “Instans Tyrannus”, in Men and Women, lines 19–22:I tempted his blood and his flesh, / Hid in roses my mesh, / Choicest cates and the flagon's best spilth— / Still he kept to his filth!
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present indicative of catar
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar
Galician
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkates/
- Rhymes: -ates
- Syllabification: ca‧tes
Noun
cates m pl
- plural of cate
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar