Dictionary entry

Cater (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ca″ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Catered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Catering.] [From Cater, n.] 1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

providently caters for the sparrow.

Shak.

2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; — followed by for or to.