Crossword-Solution: ENTERTAIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Entertain | v. t. | To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep. |
| Entertain | v. t. | To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest. |
| Entertain | v. t. | 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. |
| Entertain | v. t. | 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. |
| Entertain | v. t. | To meet or encounter, as an enemy. |
| Entertain | v. t. | To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments. |
| Entertain | v. t. | To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. |
| Entertain | v. i. | To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously. |
| Entertain | n. | Entertainment. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ENTERTAIN (5)
Thence more at ease thir minds and somwhat rais’d By false presumptuous hope, the ranged powers Disband, and wandring, each his several way Pursues, as inclination or sad choice Leads him perplext, where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless thoughts, and entertain The irksome hours, till his great Chief return.
After breakfast she was cool and collected—quite herself, in fact—and she rambled to the gate, intending to walk to another quarter of the farm, which she still personally superintended as well as her duties in the house would permit, continually, however, finding herself preceded in forethought by Gabriel Oak, for whom she began to entertain the genuine friendship of a sister.
Hackers are far more likely than most non-hackers to either (a) be aggressively apolitical or (b) entertain peculiar or idiosyncratic political ideas and actually try to live by them day-to-day.
Those whom God has endowed with a larger measure of genius will entertain, perhaps, designs still more exalted; but for the many I am much afraid lest even the present undertaking be more than they can safely venture to imitate.
Phaidor, though loath to believe that Issus was allied to such as these, had commenced to entertain doubts and fears.
Quotes with ENTERTAIN (3)
Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There’s no such place.
Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth.
I paid you five thousand instead and promised the balance only if you made the match. As it turns out, this is your lucky day because I've decided to write you the full check, whether the match comes from you or from Portia. As long as I have a wife and you've been part of the process, you'll get your money." He toasted her with his beer mug. "Congratulations." She put down her fork. "Why would you do that?""Because it's efficient.""Not as efficient as having Powers handle he…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).