\Cates\, n. pl. [Cf. {Acates}, and see {Cater}, n.]
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.