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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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Origin of dine
OTHER WORDS FROM dine
pre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dine
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Dine
[ dahyn ]
/ daɪn /
noun
James "Jim", born 1935, U.S. painter.
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How to use dine in a sentence
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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