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cate

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noun Usually, cates. Archaic.
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Origin:
1425–75; back formation from late Middle English cates, aphetic variant of Middle English acates things bought, plural of acat buying < Old North French, derivative of acater to buy < Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, equivalent to Latin ac- ac- + captāre to seek out; see catch
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cates (keɪts)
 
—pl n
archaic (sometimes singular) choice dainty food; delicacies
 
[C15: variant of acates purchases, from Old Northern French acater to buy, from Vulgar Latin accaptāre (unattested); ultimately related to Latin acceptāre to accept]

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