Dine Definition
dīn
dined, dines, dining
verb
To eat dinner.
Webster's New World
To provide a dinner for, or entertain at dinner.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
The Navajo people.
American Heritage
Dinner.
Webster's New World
The Navajo language.
American Heritage
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idiom
dine on
- to eat a meal featuring or consisting of
to dine on lobster and shrimp
Webster's New World
dine out
- to eat dinner away from home
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dine
- dine on
- dine out
Origin of Dine
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From Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.
From Wiktionary
Middle English dinen from Old French diner, disner from Vulgar Latin disiūnāre from disiēiūnāre Latin dis- dis- Latin iēiūnium fast
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Navajo the people
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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