1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] Shak.
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.
DIET
Di"et, v. i.
1. To eat; to take one's meals. [Obs.] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.
2. To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.
DIET Di"et, n. Etym: [F. diète, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag dayReichstag.]
Defn: 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.
DIETARIAN
Di`e*ta"ri*an, n.
Defn: One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.
DIETARY
Di"et*a*ry, a.