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Dine![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Dine \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. [1913 Webster] Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dine \Dine\, v. t.
1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to
feed; as, to dine a hundred men.
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A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie
Armstrong and his merry men. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] "What will ye dine."
--Chaucer.
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Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dine
v 1: have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in
this restaurant"
2: give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my
friends"
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Dine (Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12). Matching Word(s) -ine Die Din Dwine Digne Dined Diner Bine fine Hine Kine line Mine nine Pine Rine Sine Tine Vine Wine 'zine Dane done Dune Dyne Dice Dike Dime Dire Dite Dive Ding Dink Dint die din dinge diner bine kine mine pine sine tine vine wine dane dune dyne dice dike dime dire dive ding dink dint diane eine dini dino DIE FINE LINE DIME
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