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Webster 1913 Edition

Cater

Ca′ter

,
Noun.
[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.

Ca′ter

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Catered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Catering
.]
[From
Cater
,
Noun.
]
1.
To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently
caters
for the sparrow.
Shakespeare
2.
By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; – followed by for or to.

Ca′ter

,
Noun.
[F.
quatre
four.]
The four of cards or dice.

Ca′ter

,
Verb.
T.
To cut diagonally.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cater

CATER

,
Verb.
I.
To provide food; to buy or procure provisions; followed by for; as, to cater for the sparrow.

CATER

,
Noun.
A provider. [See Caterer.]

CATER

,
Noun.
The four of cards or dice; so written for Fr. quatre.

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