Cater
Cater , noun
[Old English catour purchaser, caterer, Old French acator, from acater, French acheter, to buy, provide, from Late Latin accaptare; Latin ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Compare Acater, Capacious.]
A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Cater , intransitive verb
[From Cater, n.]
1.
To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.
[He] providently caters for the sparrow.
2.
By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
Cater , noun
[French quatre four.]
The four of cards or dice.
Cater , transitive verb
To cut diagonally. [Obsolete] — Halliwell