'Cates' definitions:
Definition of 'Cates'
From: GCIDE
- Cates \Cates\, n. pl. [Cf. Acates, and see Cater, n.] Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Cates for which Apicius could not pay. --Shurchill. [1913 Webster]
- Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster]