ENTERTAIN
\ˌɛntətˈe͡ɪn], \ˌɛntətˈeɪn], \ˌɛ_n_t_ə_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of ENTERTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
By Princeton University
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To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
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To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
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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.
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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.
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To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
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To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
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To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
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Entertainment.
By Oddity Software
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To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
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To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
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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.
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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.
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To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
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To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
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To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
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Entertainment.
By Noah Webster.
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To receive and treat hospitably; amuse; keep in the mind; to harbor, as a grudge; take into consideration; as, to entertain a proposition.
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To receive guests hospitably.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To receive and treat hospitably: to hold the attention of and amuse by conversation: to receive and take into consideration: to keep or hold in the mind: to meet as an enemy; to encounter; to confront; to join battle with. (Rare.).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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