cates
Britishplural noun
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
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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
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
We fixed our hymeneal day, Bespoke our nuptial cates And summoned to the solemn fray The necessary glum array Of kin and intimates.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 by Various
With dainty cates shouldst thou be fed, And rest upon a sumptuous bed.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Besides more substantial cates, we had oysters from Lake Lucrine, and classically excellent they were; London bottled porter, and half a dozen different kinds of wine.
From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
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