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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dining}.] [F. d[8c]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]: | |
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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. | |
