dine

Etymology

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To dine upon; to have to eat.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Dinnertime.

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