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dine

UK/daɪn/ US/ˈdaɪn/ fairly common

verb

1.

have supper; eat dinner

  • “We often dine with friends in this restaurant”
2.

give dinner to; host for dinner

  • “I”

Origin

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Phrases

  • dine and dash
  • dine at the Y
  • dine in
  • dine on ashes
  • dine out
  • dine out on
  • dine with Duke Humphrey
  • wine and dine

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