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What does the word entertain mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To receive and care for, as a guest; amuse; divert.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To take into consideration; hold, as an opinion.

Part of speech: verb

To receive and care for guests.

Part of speech: noun

Entertainer.

Part of speech: adverb

Entertainly.

Usage examples for entertain

When am I going to entertain Mr. Christiansen? – The Cricket by Marjorie Cooke
That Mr. Hobart should have taken it was a notion so absurd that his mind refused to entertain it for an instant. – Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald Oxley
It is my duty; but of thy grace- tell me whom I entertain. – The Rival Heirs being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. Crake

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