Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Catered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Catering}.] [From {Cater}, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak.
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at
theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for
or to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [F. quatre four.]
The four of cards or dice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cater \Ca"ter\, v. t.
To cut diagonally. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator,
fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare;
L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to
take, seize. Cf. {Acater}, {Capacious}.]
A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cater
v 1: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the
guests" [syn: {provide}, {supply}, {ply}]
2: supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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