Verb
eate (third-person singular simple present eates, present participle eating or eateing, simple past ate, past participle eaten)
Obsolete spelling of eat
Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake? John Heywood
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him. George Herbert
The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete. John Heywood