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† acate Obs.
4–7, also acat, achat, achate.
[a. early OFr. (11th c.) and Norman acat (later OFr., 12th c., achat) purchase; stem of acater, achater (mod.Fr. acheter) to buy:—late L. accaptā-re to acquire, f. ac- = ad- to + captāre to seize, catch at. The original Eng. form acat, acate, under later Fr. influence varied with achat, achate, which, in the original sense of purchase, became at length the regular form. But in the sense of provisions, dainties, the Norman form acates predominated, and was finally aphetized to cates.]
1. Buying, purchasing, purchase.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 571 Algate he wayted so in his acate, That he was ay biforn and in good state [later MSS. achaat, achate].
2. pl. or collect. sing. Things purchased; such provisions as were not made in the house, but had to be purchased fresh when wanted, as meat, fish, etc. Hence, all provisions except the home produce of the baker and brewer; foreign viands, dainties, delicacies. Aphetized as early as 1460 to cates.
1465Manners & Househ. Exps. Eng. (1841) 511 My master paid to Braham..that he toke John Kooke for freshe acates. 1526Househ. Ord. of Hen. VIII (1790) 139 To make provision of fresh acate, as well for flesh as fish. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Ver, Tout estat est viande aux vers: All States are wormes acates. a1637B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iii. 19, I, and all choise that plenty can send in; Bread, wine, acates, fowl, feather, fish, or fin. 1692Hacket Life of Williams i. 33 To which accates he [Abp. Spalato]..never put his hand towards them, but liked our venison and English dishes a great deal better. |