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dine

   [dahyn] verb, dined, din·ing, noun
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.

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noun
4.
Scot. dinner.
Verb phrase
5.
dine out, to take a meal, especially 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; Middle English dinen < Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner < Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-1 + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

Related forms
pre·dine, verb (used without object), -dined, -din·ing.

Can be confused: deign, dine.
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dine
c.1300, 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."
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dining
c.1400, action of dine. Dining room is attested from c.1600.
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