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Definition of Acates
1. n. pl. See Cates.
Definition of Acates
1. Noun. (obsolete) : See cates ¹
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Definition of Acates
1. bought provisions [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acates
Literary usage of Acates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... tuck (slang), crug (slang, Eng.), tack (chiefly in "hardtack"); spec, ration,
board, fare, cates or acates (pi.; archaic), bit (chiefly dial. ..."
2. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London, H. C. Overall, Corporation of London (England) (1878)
"Order in Council, reciting that it appeared by information taken on oath by Sir
Hugh Hamersley, Knight,2 and pre- 1 " acates " or " Cates,"—from the French ..."
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