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cater definition

ca·ter (kāt′ər)

intransitive verb

  1. to provide food; serve as a caterer
  2. to take special pains in seeking to gratify another's needs or desires: with to or, in Brit. usage, for

Etymology: < obs. cater, buyer < ME catour, aphetic for achatour < OFr < achater, to buy, provide < VL *accaptare < L ad-, to + captare, to strive, intens. of capere, to take hold: see have

transitive verb

to serve as caterer for (a banquet, wedding, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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