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Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk
habitually; food; victuals; fare. |
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A course of food selected with reference to a particular
state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed. |
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To cause to take food; to feed. |
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To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed
rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. |
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To eat; to take one's meals. |
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To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly;
as, the doctor says he must diet. |
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A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland,
and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a
council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. |