·noun Entertainment.
II. Entertain ·vt To meet or encounter, as an Enemy.
III. Entertain ·vt To lead on; to bring along; to Introduce.
IV. Entertain ·vi To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
V. Entertain ·vt To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
VI. Entertain ·vt 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.
VII. Entertain ·vt To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to Harbor; to Cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
VIII. Entertain ·vt 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.
IX. Entertain ·vt To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to Maintain; to Support; to Harbor; to Keep.