Dine
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Genesis 43:16Luke 14:12
King James Dictionary [2]
DINE, L., to cease. Gr., to feast. To eat the chief meal of the day. This meal seems originally to have been taken about the middle of the day, at least in northern climates, as it still is by laboring people. Among people in the higher walks of life, and in commercial towns, the time of dining is from tow to five or six oclock in the afternoon.
DINE, To give a dinner to to furnish with the principal meal to feed as, the landlord dined a hundred men.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1):
(v. t.) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.
(2):
(v. i.) To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
(3):
(v. t.) To dine upon; to have to eat.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Dine'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/dine.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
