DINE

I. verb (~d; dining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French disner, ~r 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, transitive verb to give a dinner to , II. noun Date: 15th century dinner