Found 3 items, similar to entertain.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: entertain menghibur, menjamu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: entertain entertain v 1: provide entertainment for 2: take into consideration, have in view; “He entertained the notion of moving to South America” [syn: think of, toy with , flirt with, think about] 3: maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); “bear a grudge”; “entertain interesting notions”; “harbor a resentment” [syn: harbor, harbour, hold, nurse]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Entertain Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Entertaining.] [F. entretenir; entre between (L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Tenable.] 1. To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep. [1913 Webster] You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest. [1913 Webster] Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares. --Heb. xiii. 2. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The weary time she can not entertain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 5. To meet or encounter, as an enemy. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments. [1913 Webster] 7. To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus. --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To amuse; divert; maintain. See Amuse. [1913 Webster] Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, v. i. To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously. [1913 Webster] Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, n. [Cf. F. entretien, fr. entretenir.] Entertainment. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]