third-person singular simple presenteats, present participleeating, simple pastate or (dialectal)et or (obsolete)eat, past participleeaten or (dialectal)etten
1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859