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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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