cater

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkeɪtə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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