cates Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
    cat.
  2. verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
    • After drinking too much, the students vomited
    • He purged continuously
    • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

WordNet

Cates noun plural
Etymology
Cf. Acates, and see Cater, n.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913