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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACHATE

ACHATE Ach "ate, n.

 

Defn: An agate. [Obs. ] Evelyn.

 

ACHATE

A *chate ", n. Etym: [F. achat purchase. See Cates. ]

 

1. Purchase; bargaining. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: Provisions. Same as Cates. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Achates

A cha tes |əˈkātēz əˈkɑdiz |Greek & Roman Mythology a companion of Aeneas. His loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial, hence the term fidus Achates (‘faithful Achates ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Achates

Achates |əˈkeɪtiːz |Greek & Roman Mythology a companion of Aeneas. His loyalty to his friend was so exemplary as to become proverbial, hence the term fidus Achates (‘faithful Achates ’).

 

Duden Dictionary

achaten

acha ten Adjektiv |ach a ten |aus Achat bestehend