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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.