Entertain

en-tėr-tān′, v.t. to receive and treat hospitably: to hold the attention of and amuse by conversation: to amuse: to receive and take into consideration: to keep or hold in the mind: to harbour.— n. Entertain′er .— p.adj. Entertain′ing , affording entertainment: amusing.— adv. Entertain′ingly .— n. Entertain′ment , act of entertaining: hospitality at table: that which entertains: the provisions of the table: a banquet: amusement: a performance which delights. [Fr. entretenir —L. inter , among, tenēre , to hold.]