Entertain(n.) Entertainment.
Entertain(v. i.) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
Entertain(v. t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
Entertain(v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
Entertain(v. t.) 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.
Entertain(v. t.) 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.
Entertain(v. t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
Entertain(v. t.) To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
Entertain(v. t.) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
Entertained(imp. & p. p.) of Entertain
Entertainer(n.) One who entertains.
Entertaining(a.) Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
Entertaining(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entertain
Entertainment(n.) The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
Entertainment(n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.
Entertainment(n.) Admission into service; service.
Entertainment(n.) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
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