Definition of entertain

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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..

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Drinking :: Drinking (n.) An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..
Spread :: Spread (n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast..
Diverting :: Diverting (a.) Amusing; entertaining.
Matinee :: Matinee (n.) A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe..
Host :: Host (v. i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
Convivial :: Convivial (a.) Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial..
Fare :: Fare (n.) To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live..
Enterprise :: Enterprise (v. t.) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
Dessert :: Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner..
Entertain :: 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..
Prepare :: Prepare (v. t.) To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment..
Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) Admission into service; service.
Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..
Rustic :: Rustic (a.) Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress..
Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..
Amusive :: Amusive (a.) Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.
Theorica :: Theorica (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund..
Treat :: Treat (n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
Party :: Party (v.) A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party..
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