DIET (2)

diet (2). Diet, v. to board, supply with food, eat by rule

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Di″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting.] 1. 1. To cause to take food; to feed. Shak.
2. 2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
She diets him with fasting every day. Spenser.