cates pl (plural only)
(archaic) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
• Stace, caste, scate, sceat, taces
Cates (plural Cateses)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cates is the 1984th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18190 individuals. Cates is most common among White (86.89%) individuals.
• Stace, caste, scate, sceat, taces
Source: Wiktionary
Cates, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. Acates, and see Cater, n.]
Definition: 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.
Cate, n.
Definition: Food. [Obs.] See Cates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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