*ates*

n. 1. 1 a genus of mammals.
Syn. -- genus Acrobates. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Office or duty of an advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate. ] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Still used in the north of England in the sense of “everywhere.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By any or means; at all events. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Notwithstanding; yet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. [ See Ann. ] (Eccl. Law) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. A curacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ G., fr. F. délicatesse. ] 1. Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. “A dealer in delicatessen”. G. H. Putnam. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. ready-to-eat foods, such as cold cuts, cooked meats, and prepared salads. [ PJC ]

3. sing.; pl. delicatessens. a store or section of a store where delicatessen{ 2 } is sold. “Get a sandwich for lunch at the delicatessen counter.” [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;); dia` through + &unr_;, gen. of &unr_; four (sc. &unr_;.). ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of a fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An electuary compounded of four medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. an Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Euphrates River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. State of being a graduate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Gr. &unr_; letters, written rules. ] Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ superl. of great. ] 1. not to be surpassed.
Syn. -- top. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. largest in size of those under consideration.
Syn. -- biggest, largest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. most of. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. highest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; most eminent; as, our greatest statesmen.
Syn. -- leading(prenominal), preeminent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. highest in quality.
Syn. -- sterling(prenominal), superlative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a fish of the Nile. ] (Zool.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (Lates calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. latescens, -entis, p. pr. of latescere to be concealed, fr. latere to be hid. ] Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State, or office, of a laureate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a legate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., the buttocks. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The buttocks. (b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The umbones of a bivalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Optimate. ] The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Other + gate way. See wards. ] In another manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He would have tickled you othergates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Assyrian. ] (Babylonian Antiq.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of the tutelary god of the place. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Antiq.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a prelate. Harmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fourth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Statesmen 1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. [ 1913 Webster ]

The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One occupied with the affairs of government, and influential in shaping its policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small landholder. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming a statesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stateswomen A woman concerned in public affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a surrogate. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A famous gorge, about 11/2 miles long, cut by the Danube in the Carpathian mountains near the intersection of Hungary, Serbia, and Rumania. [ PJC ]