Dine

dīn, v.i. to take dinner.— v.t. to give a dinner to.— n. ( obs. ) dinner-time.— ns. Din′er-out , one who goes much to dinner-parties; Dinette′ , a preliminary dinner, luncheon; Din′ing-hall ; Din′ing-room ; Din′ing-tā′ble .— Dine out , to dine elsewhere than at home; Dine with Duke Humphrey , to go without a meal, like those who, unable to procure a dinner, loitered about Duke Humphrey's Walk in Old St Paul's. [O. Fr. disner (Fr. dîner )—Low L. disjunāre , for disjejunāre , to break one's fast—L. dis- , and jejunus , fasting (cf. Déjeuner ). Others explain disnare as from decenāre —L. de , inten., and cenāre , to dine.]