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Dine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dine? [v] give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends" [v] have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dine: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dine: banquet \| board \| bread \| break bread \| break bread with \| breakfast \| cook out \| dine out \| dinner \| eat \| eat out \| feast \| feed \| fodder \| forage \| grass \| gratify \| graze \| lunch \| meat \| mess \| mess with \| nibble \| nosh \| pasture \| picnic \| provision \| regale \| satisfy \| sup \| sustain \| wine and dine See Also \| dine in \| dine out \| eat \| eat in \| eat out \| feed \| give Dine In Webster's Dictionary \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dining}.] [F. d[^i]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See {Jejune}, and cf. {Dinner}, {D?jeuner}.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak. {To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's. \Dine\, v. t. 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] ``What will ye dine.'' --Chaucer.

Dine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dine?

[v] give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"
[v] have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

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Dine In Webster's Dictionary

\Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dining}.] [F. d[^i]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr.
an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to
fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See {Jejune}, and
cf. {Dinner}, {D?jeuner}.]
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

      Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak.

{To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner; -- a
   phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from
   the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner
   hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of
   Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.


\Dine\, v. t.
1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to
   feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

         A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie
         Armstrong and his merry men.          --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] ``What will ye
   dine.'' --Chaucer.

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