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English Dictionary: dieting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dieting
n
  1. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
    Synonym(s): diet, dieting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diet \Di"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dieted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dieting}.]
      1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] --Shak.
  
      2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed
            rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
  
                     She diets him with fasting every day. --Spenser.
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