Origin of dine

1250–1300; Middle English dinen < Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner < Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-1 + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

OTHER WORDS FROM dine

pre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dine

deign dine

Words nearby dine

dinar, dinarchy, dinard, dinaric, dinaric alps, dine, dine out, dine out on, diner, diner-out, dinergate

British Dictionary definitions for dine out (1 of 2)

dine out

verb (intr, adverb)

to dine away from home, esp in a restaurant
(foll by on) to have dinner at the expense of someone else mainly for the sake of one's knowledge or conversation about (a subject or story)

British Dictionary definitions for dine out (2 of 2)

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 out

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