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dine

  [dahyn] verb, dined, din⋅ing, noun
Use dine out in a Sentence
–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 *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equiv. to L dis- dis- 1 + LL jējūnāre to fast; see jejune
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Word Origin & History

dine 
1297, from O.Fr. disner, originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Romance *desjunare "to break one's fast," from L. dis- "undo" + L.L. jejunare "to fast," from L. jejunus "fasting, hungry." Diner "railway car for eating" is 1890, Amer.Eng. Dinette is 1930, with false Fr. ending.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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