2 entries under this word

Dine

Dīne, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. DINED; p. pr. & vb. n. DINING.] [Fr. dîner, O. Fr. disner, Pr. disnar, dimar, dinar, It. disinare, desinare, L. Lat. disnare, contracted from Lat. as if disjejunare, to discontinue fasting, from dis and jejunare, to fast, jejunus, fasting, hungry.] To partake of the noon meal, or of the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak.

Dine, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To give a dinner to or at; to furnish with the principal meal; to feed; as, the landlord dined a hundred men.

A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. W. Scott.