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Webster 1913 Edition

Dine

Dine

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dining
.]
[F.
dîner
, 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[GREEK]jeuner
.]
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast,
dine
, sup, and sleep.
Shakespeare
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

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dine

DINE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to cease. Gr., to feast.] To eat the chief meal of the day. This meal seems originally to have been taken about the middle of the day, at least in northern climates, as it still is by laboring people. Among people in the higher walks of life, and in commercial towns, the time of dining is from tow to five or six oclock in the afternoon.

DINE

,
Verb.
T.
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the principal meal; to feed; as, the landlord dined a hundred men.

Definition 2024

dine

dine

See also: diné, dîne, dîné, and Diné

English

Verb

dine ‎(third-person singular simple present dines, present participle dining, simple past and past participle dined)

  1. (intransitive) to eat; to eat dinner or supper
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
    A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. — Sir Walter Scott.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To dine upon; to have to eat.
    What wol ye dine? — Chaucer.

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Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈdinə/

Adverb

dine

  1. inside
    • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      I will doch go lose, was sie säge dinne.
      I just want to listen to what they're saying inside.

Danish

Pronoun

dine

  1. (possessive) Plural form of din

See also

French

Verb

dine

  1. first-person singular present indicative of diner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of diner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of diner
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of diner
  5. second-person singular imperative of diner

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þínir.

Pronoun

dine pl

  1. plural of din

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þínir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːnə/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

dine pl

  1. plural of din

References

Turkish

Noun

dīne

  1. dative singular of din

Etymology

From Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre ‎(“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō ‎(“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

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