Cates \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.