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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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