diet vb. (2 exact meaning not always clear)
1.
to feed
(lit. and fig.)
1H6 I. ii. 10
“d-ed like
mules,”
Cor. I. ix. 52,
Oth. II. i. 306
“to my
revenge,”
Cym. III. iv. 183
“all the comfort The
gods will
me with.”
2.
to prescribe a diet
for, as a regimen of health (lit. and fig.)
Err. V. i. 99
“be his nurse, his sickness,”
2H4 IV. i. 64
“To rank minds sick
of happiness,”
Compl. 261
“disciplin'd, ay, d-ed
in grace”
; (hence) to restrict, cause to conform or be
tied “to”
All'sW. IV. iii. 35*, V. iii. 223*,
Cor. V. i. 58
“d-ed to my
request.”