EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the...

EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition.""I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,"" said Brillat- Savarin, beginning an anecdote. ""What!"" interrupted Rochebriant; ""eating dinner in a drawing-room?"" ""I must beg you to observe, monsieur,"" explained the great gastronome, ""that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quote About Beginning, Dined, Dinner, Eating, Enjoying: Eat V I To Perform...

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