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¹dine

verb \ˈdīn\

: to eat dinner : to have the main meal of the day

dineddin·ing

Full Definition of DINE

intransitive verb

: to take dinner —often used with on <dine on pasta>

transitive verb

: to give a dinner to <wined her and dined her>

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Origin of DINE

Middle English, from Anglo-French disner, diner to eat, have a meal, from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare to break one's fast, from Latin dis- + Late Latin jejunare to fast, from Latin jejunus fasting

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to DINE

Synonyms: eat, fare, feed, partake, refresh, victual, break bread

Rhymes with DINE

bine, brine, chine, cline, dyne, fine, Jain, line, Main, mine, nine, pine, Quine, Rhine, rind, shine, shrine, sign, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, vine, whine, wine

²dine

noun

Definition of DINE

Scottish

: dinner

First Known Use of DINE

15th century

DINING Defined for Kids

dine

verb \ˈdīn\

dineddin·ing

Definition of DINE for Kids

: to eat dinner <Will you dine with us?>

— dine out

: to eat at a restaurant

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