To provide diet or food for; feed; nourish.
To prescribe food for; regulate the food or regimen of.
To eat; feed.
To eat according to rules prescribed: as, to diet in an attack of dyspepsia.
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A meeting, as of dignitaries or delegates, held from day to day for legislative, political, ecclesiastical, or municipal purposes; meeting; session: specifically applied by English and French writers to the legislative assemblies in the German empire, Austria, etc.
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The discharge of some part of ministerial duty at a fixed time: as, a diet of examination; a diet of visitation.
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An excursion; a journey.
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Food and drink; specifically, food considered in relation to its quality and effects: as, milk is a wholesome article of diet.
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A course of food regulated by a physician or by medical rules; food prescribed for the prevention or cure of disease, and limited in kind and quantity; dietetic regimen; dietary.
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Allowance of provision; supply of food.
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Allowance for expenses of living.
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Synonyms Subsistence, fare, provision.
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Regimen.