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bant

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Definitions

  1. To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.

Word origin

Back-formation from banting.

Used in a sentence

  • If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’
  • ‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’
  • ‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.

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