dine

[dahyn] /daɪn/
verb (used without object), dined, dining.
1.
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
2.
to take any meal.
verb (used with object), dined, dining.
3.
to entertain at dinner.
noun
4.
Scot. dinner.
Verb phrases
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
predine, verb (used without object), predined, predining.
Can be confused
deign, dine.

Dine

[dahyn] /daɪn/
noun
1.
James ("Jim") born 1935, U.S. painter.
British Dictionary definitions for dine

dine

/daɪn/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to eat dinner
2.
(intransitive; often foll by on, off, or upon) to make one's meal (of): the guests dined upon roast beef
3.
(transitive) (informal) to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
Word Origin
C13: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune
Word Origin and History for dine
v.

late 13c., from Old French disner (Modern French dîner) "to dine, eat, have a meal," originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Romance *desjunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare, from dis- "undo" (see dis-) + Late Latin jejunare "to fast," from Latin iejunus "fasting, hungry" (see jejune).

dine in the Bible

(Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12).

Idioms and Phrases with dine

dine

In addition to the idiom beginning with
dine
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