cates
See also: catés
English
Etymology
Compare acates, and see cater.
Noun
cates pl (plural only)
- (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!
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Anagrams
- Stace, caste, scate, sceat, taces
Asturian
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present indicative of catar
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡ʃis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡ʃiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.tes/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈka.tɨʃ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧tes
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkates/ [ˈka.t̪es]
- Rhymes: -ates
- Syllabification: ca‧tes
Noun
cates m pl
- plural of cate
Verb
cates
- second-person singular present subjunctive of catar