dine

[dahyn]

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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.

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]

noun

JamesJim, born 1935, U.S. painter.

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Related Words for dine

feast, consume, lunch, banquet, sup, breakfast, supper

Examples from the Web for dine

Contemporary Examples of dine

In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
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“When you attack public sector unions now, you are attacking the heart of the U.S. labor movement,” says Dine.
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He refused to dine with people, because he did not like being agitated during meal times.
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Lohse and his beleaguered fellow pledges were, he claims, forced to chug vinegar and to dine on the dreaded “vomlet.”
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Historical Examples of dine

"Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.
Viviette
William J. Locke
The family were to dine early, to get away soon after dinner.
Rico and Wiseli
Johanna Spyri
They were accustomed to see him in a more genial mood when he had a friend to dine.
Green Mansions
W. H. Hudson
It was six o'clock when he got to London, and he went into a coffee-house to dine.
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Maria Edgeworth
But then he might be only marking time to let that guzzling Cheeseman dine at his leisure.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for dine

dine

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

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