to eat dinner
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well — Virginia Woolf
to entertain (somebody) to dinner
They wined and dined us splendidly
dine off/on/upon
to eat (something) as one's meal, esp dinner
dine out on
to be socially in demand as a result of (an amusing or interesting story one has to tell)
You'll be able to dine out on the story of your shipwreck for years
[Middle English dinen from Old French disner, diner from Latin dis- + late Latin jejunare to fast, from Latin jejunus fasting]