- (v.t.) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
- (v.t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
- (v.t.) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) Entertainment.
- (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.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To receive or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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