cater

Meaning

Verb

1. To provide
2. To provide
3. To provide
4. To provide, particularly

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. (obsolete) Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.

Adv

Diagonally.

Noun

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

Concepts

cater

provide

supply

furnish

attend

serve

purvey

ply

satisfy

deliver

render

begin to do

provision

prepare provisions

service

fuel

procure

provide for

stock

meet

satisfaction

victual

put out

accord

administer

admit

afford

allot

allow

apply

assign

award

bestow

confer

deal

dispense

donate

drive home

empower

endue

fasten

gift

give

hand over

indue

lend

let

pass on

pay

present

yield

prepare

appease

assuage

attain

gratify

sate

satiate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeɪtə/

Etymology

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