Dictionary entry

Diet (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Di″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n.Dieting.] 1. To cause to take food; to feed. 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.