What does "cater" mean?
Cater: To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
- 3.The four of cards or dice.
- 4.To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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