cates

/ (keɪts) /

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pl n

(sometimes singular) archaic choice dainty food; delicacies

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Word Origin for 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

Words nearby cates

catering, caterpillar, caterpillar flap, caterpillar hunter, caterwaul, cates, Catesby, cat eye, cat-eyed, catfall, catfight

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How to use cates in a sentence

Meanwhile, internal affairs confronted Cates with DNA evidence linking him and the victim.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her.|Michael Daly|January 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“I am here today because Officer Cates is a very bad man,” she said.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her.|Michael Daly|January 29, 2012|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.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her.|Michael Daly|January 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Cates appeared and grabbed her by the waist, spinning her around.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her.|Michael Daly|January 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In other words, Cates was still a cop and she was still an inner-city teenage single mom.
She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her.|Michael Daly|January 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We soon roused and pressed him closely through the fields of castor-oil and rare-cates.
A Journey to Katmandu|Laurence Oliphant
The daintiest meats and cates are served by the deftest waiters.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873.|Various
Upon so light a foundation they build upper works, as high as they wish, of bamboo upon the cates.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55|Francisco Colin
All that structure finds its support and staunchness in what they call the cates, which are the buoys of which we have spoken.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55|Francisco Colin
A pico of one hundred cates is equivalent to five arrobas, twelve and one-half libras, in the new arrangement.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55|Francisco Colin