cates

/ keɪts /

plural noun

1. archaic.
   sometimes singular choice dainty food; delicacies

Word History and Origins

Origin of cates¹

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

Meanwhile, internal affairs confronted Cates with DNA evidence linking him and the victim.

From The Daily Beast

“I am here today because Officer Cates is a very bad man,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

She returned to court on Jan. 18, to see Cates remanded, pending sentencing in April, when he faces a maximum of life in prison.

From The Daily Beast

Cates appeared and grabbed her by the waist, spinning her around.

From The Daily Beast

In other words, Cates was still a cop and she was still an inner-city teenage single mom.

From The Daily Beast

We soon roused and pressed him closely through the fields of castor-oil and rare-cates.

From Project Gutenberg

The daintiest meats and cates are served by the deftest waiters.

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Upon so light a foundation they build upper works, as high as they wish, of bamboo upon the cates.

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All that structure finds its support and staunchness in what they call the cates, which are the buoys of which we have spoken.

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A pico of one hundred cates is equivalent to five arrobas, twelve and one-half libras, in the new arrangement.

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