Cater

  • 11Cater — Ca ter, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Cater — Ca ter, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13cater — index bestow, pander, supply Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14cater — (v.) c.1600, from M.E. catour (n.) buyer of provisions (c.1400), aphetic for Anglo Fr. achatour (O.N.Fr. acatour, O.Fr. achatour, 13c., Fr. acheteur), from O.Fr. achater to buy, originally to buy provisions, perhaps from V.L. *accaptare, from L.… …

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  • 15cater — [v] provide, help baby, coddle, cotton, furnish, gratify, humor, indulge, minister to, outfit, pamper, pander to, procure, provision, purvey, spoil, supply, victual; concept 136 …

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  • 16Cater 2 U — Infobox Single Name = Cater 2 U Caption = Artist = Destiny s Child from Album = Destiny Fulfilled Released = July 19, 2005 (12 ) July 25, 2005 (CD) August 9, 2005 (Australia) Format = CD single, 12 single, digital download Recorded = 2004 Genre …

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  • 17cater — [[t]ke͟ɪtə(r)[/t]] caters, catering, catered 1) VERB In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people. [V for n]… …

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  • 18cater to — SATISFY, indulge, pander to, gratify, accommodate, minister to, give in to, fulfil. → cater * * * ˈcater to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cater to he/she/it caters to present participle catering to …

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  • 19cater — v. (d; intr.) to cater for (BE), to (to cater to all tastes) USAGE NOTE: In BE cater to is typically pejorative, meaning to pander to . * * * [ keɪtə] to (USAGE NOTE: In BE cater to is typically pejorative, meaning to pander to .; to cater to all …

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  • 20cater — ca|ter [ keıtər ] verb intransitive or transitive to provide food and drinks at an event: Who s catering the party? cater for: I m catering for a wedding reception next week. cater ,for phrasal verb transitive BRITISH cater for someone/something… …

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