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diet (iou)



diet verb. LME.
[from DIET noun1, after Old French dieter, medieval Latin diaetare.]
I. verb trans.
Feed, esp. in a particular way or with specified food. LME.
fig.: Shakespeare Cymbeline Thou art all the comfort The gods will diet me with.
Regulate or restrict the habitual food of (a person) in nature and quantity for a particular purpose, esp. treatment or punishment. LME.
R. Lowell His newly dieted figure was vitally trim.
Provide with daily meals; board. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
II. verb intrans.
Take one's habitual food, meals, etc.; feed on. arch. M16.
Board (with a person, at, in a house etc.). Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Eat according to set rules; restrict the amount or kind of food one eats, now esp. to control one's weight. M17.
A. Newman My wife used to diet.
dieter noun L16.