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
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
