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ca⋅ter
[key-ter] 
tər
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to provide food, service, etc., as for a party or wedding: to cater for a banquet. |
| 2. | to provide or supply what amuses, is desired, or gives pleasure, comfort, etc. (usually fol. by to or for): to cater to popular demand; to cater to an invalid. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to provide food and service for: to cater a party. |
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| ca·ter (kā'tər) v. ca·tered, ca·ter·ing, ca·ters v. intr.
[From obsolete cater, a buyer of provisions, from Middle English catour, short for acatour, from Norman French, from acater, to buy, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin captāre, to chase; see catch.] ca'ter·er n. |
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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.Cater
Ca"ter\, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice.Cater
Ca"ter\, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
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Language Translation for : cater
Spanish:
proveer comida, abastecer,
German:
liefern,
Japanese:
まかなう
cater (v.)
1600, from M.E. catour (n.) "buyer of provisions" (c.1400), aphetic for Anglo-Fr. achatour, from O.Fr. achater "to buy," orig. "to buy provisions," from V.L. *accaptare, from L. ad- "to" + captare "to take, hold," freq. of capere "to take" (see capable). Caterer is attested from 1592.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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