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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Entremets :: Entremets (n. sing. & pl.) Any small entertainment between two greater ones.
Cheer :: Cheer (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer..
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..
Entertain :: 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..
Junket :: Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..
Entertained :: Entertained (imp. & p. p.) of Entertai.
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained..
Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy..
Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..
Entertainment :: 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..
Regalement :: Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
Entertain :: Entertain (v. i.) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously..
Invite :: Invite (v. t.) To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion..
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..
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor..
Entertainer :: Entertainer (n.) One who entertains.
Embracery :: Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements..
Host :: Host (v. t.) To give entertainment to.
Serenade :: Serenade (v. t.) To entertain with a serenade.
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