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.
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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.
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Ca"ter, n. [F. quatre four.]
The four of cards or dice.
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Ca"ter, v. t.
To cut diagonally.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.
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