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
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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
So the sick wretch with stubborn will Turns fondly to the cates that kill, And madly draws his lips away From medicine that would check decay.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Mr. Wade was the head of The Allen G. Wade Trust Company, and seemed in149 a semi-comatose condition, save when cates, wine, or securities were under discussion.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Herbert Quick
The cates that wit and science bring, Beauty, and art, and joy, The arms that toil and tongues that sing Might Homer's lyre employ.
From A Century of Emblems by G. S. Cautley
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