[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cates \cates\, n. pl. cf. acates, and see cater, n.
   provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food;
   delicacies; dainties. --shak.
   1913 webster

         cates for which apicius could not pay.   --shurchill.
   1913 webster

         choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. --r.
                                                  browning.
   1913 webster
see also:
acates cater 

[2] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

cates, in
  zip codes: 47952

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