dine

[ dahyn ]

/ daɪn /

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verb (used without object), dined, din·ing.

to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.

to take any meal.

verb (used with object), dined, din·ing.

to entertain at dinner.

noun

Scot. dinner.

Verb Phrases

dine out, to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant: They dine out at least once a week.

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Origin of dine

1250–1300; Middle English dinen < Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner < Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-¹ + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

Related formspre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.

Can be confuseddeign dine

Dine

[ dahyn ]

/ daɪn /

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JamesJim, born 1935, U.S. painter.

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British Dictionary definitions for dine

dine

/ (daɪn) /

verb

(intr) to eat dinner

(intr; often foll by on, off, or upon) to make one's meal (of)the guests dined upon roast beef

(tr) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)

Word Origin for dine

C13: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

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Word Origin and History for dine

dine

late 13c., from Old French disner (Modern French dîner) "to dine, eat, have a meal," originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Romance *desjunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare, from dis- "undo" (see dis-) + Late Latin jejunare "to fast," from Latin iejunus "fasting, hungry" (see jejune).

Idioms and Phrases with dine

dine

In addition to the idiom beginning with dine

dine out on

also see:

eat (dine) out
wine and dine

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verb (used without object), dined, din·ing.

verb (used with object), dined, din·ing.

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