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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
entertain \en`tertain"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. entertained; p.
   pr.  vb. n. entertaining. f. entretenir; entre between
   l. inter + tenir to hold, l. tenere. see tenable.
   1. to be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service;
      to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
      1913 webster

            you, sir, i entertain for one of my hundred. --shak.
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   2. 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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            be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby
            some have entertained unawares.       --heb. xiii.
                                                  2.
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   3. 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.
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            the weary time she can not entertain. --shak.
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   4. 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.
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            i am not here going to entertain so large a theme as
            the philosophy of locke.              --de quincey.
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            a rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was
            entertained by some very sensible people.
                                                  --hawthorne.
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   5. to meet or encounter, as an enemy. obs. --shak.
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   6. 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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   7. to lead on; to bring along; to introduce. obs.
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            to baptize all nations, and entertain them into the
            services institutions of the holy jesus. --jer.
                                                  taylor.

   syn: to amuse; divert; maintain. see amuse.
        1913 webster
see also:
entertained entertaining tenable amuse 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
entertained \entertained\ adj.
   p. p. of entertain.

   syn: amused, diverted.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
entertain 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
entertained
     adj : pleasantly occupied; "we are not amused" -queen victoria
           syn: amused, diverted
see also:
amused diverted 

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