dine

[Di·né]

To dine is to eat a meal, particularly the last meal of the day. When you invite friends over for dinner, you can ask them if they'd like to dine with you.

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To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

Verb
give dinner to; host for dinner; "I''m wining and dining my friends"

Verb
have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"


v. i.
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

v. t.
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

v. t.
To dine upon; to have to eat.


Dine

Dine , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dining.] [F. d'8cner, 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, Djeuner.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep.
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

Dine, v. 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.
2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] "What will ye dine." Chaucer.

To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

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Usage Examples

For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

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