Definition:
- (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 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 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. 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 meet or encounter, as an enemy.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
- (v. i.) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
- (n.) Entertainment.
Compare entertain with other words:
entertain vs. occupy
entertain vs. host
accommodate vs. entertain
entertain vs. held
distract vs. entertain
entertain vs. hold
entertain vs. fun
entertain vs. intrigue
entertain vs. interest
entertain vs. entertake
divertissement vs. entertain
entertain vs. visit
entertain vs. glorify
entertain vs. take
entertain vs. recreate
entertain vs. recreation
consider vs. entertain
entertain vs. regale
entertain vs. floater
calypso vs. entertain
divert vs. entertain
entertain vs. entreat
entertain vs. harbor
entertain vs. jackpudding
entertain vs. performer
amuse vs. entertain
entertain vs. wine
entertain vs. welcome
entertain vs. pleasure
entertain vs. entertainment
entertain vs. entertaining
entertain vs. entertainer
enterprise vs. entertain
entertain vs. octothorpe