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        "ˌɛntərˈteɪn",
        "ˌɛnərˈteɪn"
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        "From Middle English entertenen, from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir, from entre (“among”) + tenir (“to hold”), from Latin inter + teneō (“hold, keep”). For the noun, compare French entretien."
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              "mean": "(transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.\nto entertain friends with lively conversation\nThe motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience."
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              "mean": "(transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.\nThey enjoy entertaining a lot.\n1611,  The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London:    Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Hebrews 13:2:\nBe not forgetful to entertain strangers"
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              "mean": "(transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.\nThe committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures.\nto entertain a proposal\n1851, Thomas De Quincey, Literary Reminiscences\nI am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.\n1850,  Nathaniel Hawthorne,  The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:A rumour gained ground, — and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.\nc. 1589–1590,  Christopher Marlo, Tho Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. , London:    I B for Nicholas Vavasour, , published 1633, →OCLC, Act I, :Entreat 'em fair, and give them friendly speech,And seem to them as if thy sins were great,Till thou hast gotten to be entertain'd.\nc. 1603–1606,  William Shakespeare,  “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.\n1599,  William Shakespeare,  “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :O noble English, that could entertain with half their forces the full pride of France\n1860,  British Parliament,  Naval Discipline Act‎, page 1069:Penalty for entertaining a Deserter"
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              "mean": "(obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.\n1651–1653,  Jer Taylor,  ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ . A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. , 2nd edition, London:    Richard Royston , published 1655, →OCLC:to baptize all nations, and to entertain them into the services and institutions of the holy Jesus"
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              "mean": "(obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.\nc. 1603 (date written),  Iohn Marston,  The Malcontent, London:    V S for William Aspley, , published 1604, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria"
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              "mean": "(obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.\n1596,  Edmund Spenser,  “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in  The Faerie Queene. , London:     for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:But neede, that answers not to all requests, / Bad them not looke for better entertayne"
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