Entertain
Definition of Entertain
En`ter`tain´ | v. t. | 1. | To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep. You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. - Shak. | | 2. | To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest. | | 3. | To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.The weary time she can not entertain. - Shak. | | 4. | To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal. | | 5. | To meet or encounter, as an enemy. | | 6. | To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments. | | 7. | To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. | | v. i. | 1. | To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously. | | n. | 1. | Entertainment. |
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