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CATERS
Verb
caters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cater
Noun
caters
plural of cater
Noun
caters pl (plural only)
(campanology) bell changes rung on nine bells
Anagrams
• Cartes, Caster, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caster, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces
Source: Wiktionary
CATER
Ca"ter, n. Etym: [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.]
Definition: A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] Etym: [From Cater, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] 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.
Ca"ter, n. Etym: [F. quatre four.]
Definition: The four of cards or dice.
Ca"ter, v. t.
Definition: To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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APPROXIMATE
(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
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