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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CATES
n.
Delicious
food
or
viands; dainties.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CATES
Cates,
n.
pl.
Etym:
[
Cf.
Acates,
and
see
Cater,
n.]
Defn: Provisions;
food;
viands;
especially,
luxurious
food;
delicacies; dainties.
Shak.
Cates
for
which
Apicius
could
not
pay.
Shurchill. Choicest
cates
and
the
fiagon's
best
spilth.
R.
Browning.