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