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English Dictionary: entertain	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for entertain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entertain v provide entertainment for take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" Synonym(s): entertain, think of, toy with, flirt with, think about maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, v. i. To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, n. [Cf. F. entretien, fr. entretenir.] Entertainment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Entertain Entertainments, "feasts," were sometimes connected with a public festival (Deut. 16:11, 14), and accompanied by offerings (1 Sam. 9:13), in token of alliances (Gen. 26:30); sometimes in connection with domestic or social events, as at the weaning of children (Gen. 21:8), at weddings (Gen. 29:22; John 2:1), on birth-days (Matt. 14:6), at the time of sheep-shearing (2 Sam. 13:23), and of vintage (Judg. 9:27), and at funerals (2 Sam. 3:35; Jer. 16:7). The guests were invited by servants (Prov. 9:3; Matt. 22:3), who assigned them their respective places (1 Sam. 9:22; Luke 14:8; Mark 12:39). Like portions were sent by the master to each guest (1 Sam. 1:4; 2 Sam. 6:19), except when special honour was intended, when the portion was increased (Gen. 43:34). The Israelites were forbidden to attend heathenish sacrificial entertainments (Ex. 34:15), because these were in honour of false gods, and because at such feast they would be liable to partake of unclean flesh (1 Cor. 10:28). In the entertainments common in apostolic times among the Gentiles were frequent "revellings," against which Christians were warned (Rom. 13:13; Gal. 5:21; 1 Pet. 4:3). (See {BANQUET}.)