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To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker.

A place where public meetings are held. Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman.

Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians. Latimer.

s used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose.

n. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.

That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.

a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath.

d. [Obs.] "Repast them with my blood." Shak. He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. Milton.

nfine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas rev…

Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. Cowper.

e, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]

Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. Philips.

Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.

Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. "Diet most upon spoon-meats." Harvey.