entertain

1. (transitive) to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeablyExamples: "to entertain friends with lively conversation"; "The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience."transitive

2. (transitive and intransitive) to have someone over at one's home for a party or visitExamples: "They enjoy entertaining a lot."; "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers[…]"intransitivetransitive

3. (transitive) to receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mindExamples: "The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures."; "to entertain a proposal"; "I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke."transitive

4. (obsolete) to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keepExamples: "Intreat '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."; "You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred."obsolete

5. (obsolete) to meet or encounter, as an enemyExamples: "O noble English, that could entertain with half their forces the full pride of France"; "Penalty for entertaining a Deserter"obsolete

6. (obsolete) to lead on; to bring along; to introduceExamples: "to baptize all nations, and to entertain them into the services and institutions of the holy Jesus"obsolete