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catering

[key-ter] Origin

ca·ter

[key-ter]
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 followed 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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Catering is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; v. use of obsolete cater, Middle English catour, aphetic variant of acatour buyer < Anglo-French, equivalent to acat(er) to buy (see cate) + -our -or2

ca·ter·ing·ly, adverb
un·ca·tered, adjective
un·ca·ter·ing, adjective


2. humor, indulge, please.

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catering (ˈkeɪtərɪŋ)
 
n
1.  the trade of a professional caterer
2.  the food, etc, provided at a function by a caterer

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Word Origin & History

cater
1600, from M.E. catour (n.) "buyer of provisions" (c.1400), aphetic for Anglo-Fr. achatour (O.N.Fr. acatour), from O.Fr. achater "to buy," orig. "to buy provisions," perhaps from V.L. *accaptare, from L. ad- "to" + captare "to take, hold," freq. of capere "to take" (see
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capable). Or else from V.L. *accapitare "to add to one's capital," from verbal stem of L. caput (gen. capitis). See capital.
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