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/ˌɛntərtˈeɪn/ /ˌɛnərtˈeɪn/ Listen

Entertain

verb

(past & past part. entertained; pres. part. entertaining)

Provide entertainment for.

Take into consideration, have in view. Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with.

Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings). Synonyms: harbor, harbour, hold, nurse. "Entertain interesting notions" , "Harbor a resentment"

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"Entertain" Quotes from Famous Books

... made up his mind to accompany the islanders if possible, as soon as they were in readiness to depart, and who for that reason had refrained from showing the same anxiety that I had done, now represented to me that it was idle for me to entertain the hope of reaching the beach in time to profit by any opportunity that ...

— Typee - A Romance of the South Sea • Herman Melville

... living (1914) in his own cozy cottage home near the church. In the interest of the church, which is located in the Oak forest, along Red river southeast of Hugo, and still fifteen miles from railway, he has from the first been the principal host, to receive and entertain the Frogville circuit-riders, as in the days of Stewart and Homer; and provided rooms in his own home for the resident ministers as in the days of Sleeper, Harry and Starks. When the Presbytery meets at Frogville, he generously plans to entertain ...

— The Choctaw Freedmen - and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy • Robert Elliott Flickinger

... "You insist on introducing these unpleasant topics! But to relieve your mind, I've not yet decided how I can entertain you most suitably. I have come primarily to ask you ...

— The Affair of the Brains • Anthony Gilmore

... a confession which candour now forces from me. I am one of the guests. You are, however, so shocked that you will read no more of me? Bravo! Your refusal indicates that you have not a guestish soul. Here am I trying to entertain you, and you will not be entertained. You stand shouting that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Very well. For my part, I would rather read than write, any day. You shall write this essay for me. Be it never so humble, I shall ...

— And Even Now - Essays • Max Beerbohm

... cream and fresh vegetables, procured from the Thompsons, made an unusually appetizing supper that night, and during the meal Washington furnished music to entertain them. He was still playing when Anne warned her companions that a man had just stepped out of the cornfield and ...

— Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers • Jessie Graham Flower

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