cate

[ keyt ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a choice food;delicacy; dainty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cate¹

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; catch

Example Sentences

And how about Cate Blanchett in her Oscar speech saying, “The world is round, people!”

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Cate Blanchett was perfectly Blanchett-y winning Best Actress.

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So Cate Blanchett and Julia Roberts apparently have an inside joke.

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She even indicted Blanchett, writing, “What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett?”

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Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, and Cate Blanchett will light up the red carpet.

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I quite think, and in this others agree with me, that it has nothing to do with the cat, but was originally cate.

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It was no easy matter; frequently the cake or cate went in the fire or lodged in the chimney.

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The poet's imagination, continues Judge Cate, was wonderful.

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The silk of the darca, of all colors, is worth forty taes in Canton, and is sold by the libra in Xapon at nine maçes per cate.

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It costs eight reals per cate in Canton, and is sold in Xapon at fifteen and sixteen, according to its quality.

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