cates

British  

/ keɪts /

plural noun

1. archaic (sometimes singular) choice dainty food; delicacies

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Etymology

Origin of cates

C15: variant of acates purchases, from Old Northern French acater to buy, from Vulgar Latin accaptāre (unattested); ultimately related to Latin acceptāre to _accept

Example Sentences

Botswana's strongest asset is its first president, Sir Seretse Khama, 45, a burly, blueblooded Oxonian who has become one of Africa's staunchest advo cates of racial harmony.

From Time Magazine Archive

This indi- cates that the Negro population is spread east-and-west about as the white population, but as a whole is decidedly farther south.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although, right mighty prince, this day of my brother's marriage be a day of mirth, yet time craves another course; and therefore from dainty cates rise to sharp weapons.

From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey

There they sat, resting after heat and fatigue, each in their best gala dress, the table spread with "Dicker-milch," potato-salad, cakes of various shapes and kinds—all the dainty cates dear to the German palate.

From The Grey Woman and other Tales by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

The refreshments are usually very simple—rice and curry for supper, and for little refreshments between whiles there are sugar-cakes and vermicelli, and other little cates.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)