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Definition of Cater
1. Verb. Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. "They cater the people the food"; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
Specialized synonyms: Staff, Drench, Regale, Treat, Board, Feed, Give, Feed, Dish, Dish Out, Dish Up, Serve, Serve Up, Pander, Pimp, Procure, Help, Serve, Power, Feed, Gratify, Indulge, Pander, Underlay, Fill, Fulfil, Fulfill, Meet, Satisfy, Horse, Shower, Accommodate, Nourish, Nurture, Sustain, Fix Up, Gutter
Generic synonyms: Give
Derivative terms: Caterer, Provider, Provision, Supply, Supply
2. Verb. Supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets.
Definition of Cater
1. n. A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
2. v. i. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
3. n. The four of cards or dice.
4. v. t. To cut diagonally.
Definition of Cater
1. Verb. (transitive) To provide food professionally for a special occasion. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive often with ''to'') To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cater
1. to provide food and service for [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cater
Literary usage of Cater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George Jackson Kneeland, Katharine Bement Davis (1913)
"CHAPTER III PLACES WHICH cater TO VICE PLACES which cater to vice are divided into
... The saloons which cater to women," writes Professor Rauschenbusch, ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
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3. The Four Visitations of Bershire Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarnceuc by Thomas Benolt, William Harvey, Henry Chitting, John Philipot, William Camden, Elias Ashmole, Sir Edward Bysshe, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1908)
"... Inj William Harvi/, Confirmation of the Anns of John cater, ... cater doughter
and heire of John cater of ... to the saide John cater her Father and his ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"cater, and Pierce v. Piper, referred to for that purpose by Lord Eldon, in 3 Fes.
$ Rea. 181. See, also, to the same point, Reeve v. ..."
5. The Vestry Minute Books of the Parish of St. Bartholomew Exchange in the by Edwin Freshfield (1890)
"... Thomas cater as is aforesayd. And to that intent & purpose also Wee have agreed
vppon and doe order & award that from henceforth ..."
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