meaning of entertains

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 ">America"


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