Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dine"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Dine
(Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it
is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the
evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dining}.] [F. d[^i]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)
Dine \Dine\, v. t.
1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to
feed; as, to dine a hundred men.
A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie
Armstrong and his merry men. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] ``What will ye
dine.'' --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dine
v 1: have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this
restaurant"
2: give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my
friends"
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.