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Webster 1913 Edition


Cates

Cates

,
Noun.
pl.
[Cf.
Acates
, and see
Cater
,
Noun.
]
Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
Shak.
Cates
for which Apicius could not pay.
Shurchill.
Choicest
cates
and the fiagon’s best spilth.
R. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cates

CATES

,
Noun.
Delicious food or viands; dainties.