v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dined p. pr. & vb. n. Dining. ] [ F. dîner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and cf. Dinner, D&unr_;jeuner. ] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. [ 1913 Webster ]

A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [ Obs. ] “What will ye dine.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to whirl round. ] Revolving on an axis. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]