Cater /(?)/

1. A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering

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.

1. The four of cards or dice.

1. To cut diagonally. [Obs.]