cates

Etymology

Compare acates, and see cater.

Noun

cates pl (plural only)

1. (archaic) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
   • a. 1597, Shakespeare, William, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 1, lines 155–158:

     I had rather live / With cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, / Than feed on cates and have him talk to me / In any summer house in Christendom.

   • 1764, Churchill, Charles, The Times:

     Hath any rival glutton got the start, / And beat him in his own luxurious art; / Bought cates for which Apicius could not pay, / Or drest old dainties in a newer way?

   • 1855, Browning, Robert, “Instans Tyrannus”, in Men and Women, lines 19–22:

     I tempted his blood and his flesh, / Hid in roses my mesh, / Choicest cates and the flagon's best spilth— / Still he kept to his filth!

Anagrams

• Stace, caste, scate, sceat, taces

Verb

cates

1. second-person singular present indicative of catar
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of catar

Verb

cates

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of catar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of catar

Verb

cates

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of catar.