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Showing words for CATES using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Cates
caste, cates, cesta, sceat, taces
4 Letter Words for Cates
aces, acts, ates, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cest, east, eats, esca, etas, sate, scat, scet, seat, sect, seta, tace, teas, teca
3 Letter Words for Cates
ace, act, aes, ase, ast, ate, cat, cst, cte, cts, eas, eat, ect, esc, est, eta, etc, sac, sat, sct, sea, sec, set, sta, tas, tea, tec, tes
Definitions for Cates
[1] a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
[2] (sometimes singular) archaic choice dainty food; delicacies
Words nearby Cates
catecatchweight, catchword, catchy, catclaw, catcon, cate, catechesis, catechetical, catechin, catechism, catechist
Origin of Cates
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
Word origin for Cates
C15: variant of acates purchases, from Old Northern French acater to buy, from Vulgar Latin accaptāre (unattested); ultimately related to Latin acceptāre to accept