Main Entry: ¹dine

Pronunciation: \ˈdīn\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): dined; din·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French disner, diner to eat, have a meal, from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare to break one's fast, from Latin dis- + Late Latin jejunare to fast, from Latin jejunus fasting

Date: 13th century

intransitive verb : to take dinner —often used with on <dine on pasta>transitive verb : to give a dinner to <wined her and dined her>