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Webster's English Dictionary

entertain

v. t. [F. entretenir; entre between (L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Tenable.]1. 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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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. ()

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares. (Heb. xiii. 2.)

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. ()

I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. (De Quincey.)

A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. (Hawthorne.)

5. To meet or encounter, as an enemy. (Shak.)

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. ()

To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus. (Jer. Taylor.)

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v. i. To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously. ()

n. [Cf. F. entretien, fr. entretenir.] Entertainment. (Spenser.)