Origin of dine
OTHER WORDS FROM dine
pre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dine
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Definition for dine (2 of 2)
Dine
[ dahyn ]
/ daɪn /
noun
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U.S. painter.
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British Dictionary definitions for dine
dine
/ (daɪn) /
verb
(intr)
to eat dinner
(intr; often foll by on, off, or upon)
to make one's meal (of)
the guests dined upon roast beef
(tr) informal
to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
Word Origin for dine
C13: from Old French
disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin
disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from
dis- not + Late Latin
jējūnāre to fast; see
jejune
Idioms and Phrases with dine
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