Definition of entertain

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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..

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Gayety :: Gayety (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season..
Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) Admission into service; service.
Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment..
Junket :: Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.
Hit. :: Hit. (adj.) having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie..
Ease :: Ease (n.) Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment..
Treat :: Treat (n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
Society :: Society (n.) Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments..
Junket :: Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
Entertake :: Entertake (v. t.) To entertain.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbo.
Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
Cupbearer :: Cupbearer (n.) One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting..
Board :: Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board..
Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].
Hospitality :: Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality..
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
Regalement :: Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
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..
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