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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dining}.] [F. d[^i]ner, 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?jeuner}.]
   To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

         Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak.

   {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.

Dine \Dine\, v. t.
   1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to
      feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

            A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie
            Armstrong and his merry men.          --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] ``What will ye
      dine.'' --Chaucer.

資料來源 : WordNet®

dine
     v 1: have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this
          restaurant"
     2: give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my
        friends"