meaning of entertain
1. To be at the charges of; to take or keep in ones service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
2. To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at ones board, or into ones house; to receive as a guest.
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.
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.
5. To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
6. To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
7. To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
8. To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
9. Entertainment.
10. take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South
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