Dine — Defs

01 v. i. To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

imp. & p. p. Dined; p. pr. & vb. n. Dining

1.
To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
“Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

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.

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

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.]