3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr & vb n.
{Dining}.] [F. d[^i]ner, OF disner, LL disnare contr. fr
an assumed disjunare dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to
fast for L. jejunare fr jejunus fasting. See {Jejune}, and
cf {Dinner}, {D?jeuner}.]
To eat the principal regular meal of the day to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak.
{To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner; -- a
phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from
the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner
hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dining \Din"ing\, n. & a.
from {Dine}, a.
Note: Used either adjectively or as the first part of a
compound; as dining hall or dining-hall, dining room
dining table, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dining
n : the act of eating dinner
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