cater

Meaning

Verb

1. To provide, particularly
2. (ambitransitive) To provide
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To provide
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To provide

Noun

1. (obsolete) Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
3. (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.

Adv

Diagonally.

Noun

1. (obsolete, rare) Four.
2. (obsolete) The four of cards or dice.
3. A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Synonyms

provide

supply

furnish

deliver

render

attend

serve

satisfy

ply

purvey

attain

award

bestow

confer

deal

dispense

donate

drive home

empower

endue

fasten

fuel

gift

🎁

give

gratify

hand over

lend

let

meet

pass on

pay

💸

prepare

present

procure

provision

put out

sate

satiate

satisfaction

service

stock

victual

yield

indue

provide for

begin to do

accord

prepare provisions

administer

admit

Translations

pourvoir

approvisionner

fournir

προμηθεύω

versorgen

fornecer

fornire cibi e bevande

جهز

provvedere

τροφοδοτώ

liefern

munir

alimentare

🍽️

fornire

زود

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeɪtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: catour

In summary

From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate + -er.