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Webster 1913 Edition
Diet
Di′et
,Noun.
[F.
diète
, L. diaeta
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] manner of living.] 1.
Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.
“No inconvenient diet.” Milton.
2.
A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
To fast like one that takes
diet
. Shakespeare
Diet kitchen
, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.
Di′et
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dieted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dieting
.] 1.
To cause to take food; to feed.
[R.]
Shak.
2.
To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
She
diets
him with fasting every day. Spenser.
Di′et
,Verb.
I.
1.
To eat; to take one’s meals.
[Obs.]
Let him . . .
diet
in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.
2.
To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly;
as, the doctor says he must
. diet
Webster 1828 Edition
Diet
DIET
,Noun.
1.
Food or victuals; as, milk is a wholesome diet; flesh is nourishing diet.2.
Food regulated by a physician, or by medical rules; food prescribed for the prevention or cure of disease, and limited in kind or quantity. I restrained myself to a regular diet of flesh once a day.3.
Allowance of provision.For his diet there was a continual diet given him by the king. Jeremiah 52.
4.
Board, or boarding; as, to pay a certain sum for diet, washing and lodging.DIET
,Noun.
DIET
, v.t.1.
To feed; to board; to furnish provisions for; as, the master diets his apprentice.2.
To take food by rules prescribed; as, an invalid should carefully diet himself.3.
To feed; to furnish aliment; as, to diet revenge.DIET
,Verb.
I.
1.
To eat according to rules prescribed.2.
To eat; to feed; as, the students diet in commons.