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–verb (used without object)

1.	to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.

2.	to take any meal.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to entertain at dinner.

–noun

4.	Scot. dinner.

—Verb phrase

5.	dine out, to take a meal, esp. the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant: They dine out at least once a week.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME dinen < AF, OF di(s)ner < VL *disjéjūnāre to break one's fast, equiv. to L dis- dis-¹ + LL jéjūnāre to fast; see jejune

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dine Audio Help   (dīn) Pronunciation Key
v.   dined, din·ing, dines

v.   intr.
To have dinner.

v.   tr.
To give dinner to; entertain at dinner: wined and dined the visiting senators.

[Middle English dinen, from Old French diner, disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from *disiēiūnāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin iēiūnium, fast.]

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