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Main Entry:	en·ter·tain [en-ter-teyn] /ˌɛntərˈteɪn/ Show Spelled
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Main Entry:	entertain
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry:	Entertain
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example Sentences

It so happens that some philosophers entertain and profess certain ideas that compel them to lead a certain way of life.

The two-legged machines even dance during a halftime performance to entertain the crowd.

When it comes to trade, governments entertain no presumption that people might actually know for themselves what is best.

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It so happens that some philosophers entertain and profess certain ideas that compel them to lead a certain way of life.

The two-legged machines even dance during a halftime performance to entertain the crowd.

When it comes to trade, governments entertain no presumption that people might actually know for themselves what is best.

While skittish on land, they will entertain me for hours underwater.

There is something obnoxious, even, about the idea that some people should be paid to entertain themselves in this way.

We are committed to presenting exhibits that will entertain and educate our local community and visitors from around the world.

It was a nondescript rear yard without a place to sit or entertain.

We'll go through and pick the best three entries based on how much they entertain us.

It's hard to imagine that fantasy sports, played online, serve any purpose other than to entertain.

Ponies is replete with brilliant photographs and catchy content that will both teach and entertain.

Big ones entertain children and tiny ones tickle champagne aficionados.

Border was kind enough to entertain a few questions via email about his work and his unique relationship to food.

Entertain in style with the ice-cold tang of martinis and oysters more.

Most can entertain an audience, though a few prefer to comb through statistics.

There is art from many different periods and enough exhibits to entertain a variety of interests.

Until some evidence arrives, the pursuit of truth through science obliges us to entertain multiple hypotheses.

Best of all, a selection of soups is a simple way to entertain casually.

If all goes well, you can entertain your new friends at dinner parties with academic horror stories from your previous gig.

The a capella tradition continues today, and workers entertain customers-both by singing and making fudge.

Some exploit quirks of our neurological wiring to confuse and entertain both the eyes and mind.

But the family needed a comfortable place to hang out as well as entertain.

Better, in their view, to allow viable babies to be brutally destroyed than to entertain any discussion about the procedure.

Some film festivals strive to do more than simply entertain audiences and honor filmmakers.

Highly bored individuals also tend to lack the ability to entertain themselves.

One does not entertain a guest by mocking, deriding, and abusing the guest.

Signs can entertain with overkill and fanciful images.

The book attempts to entertain by taking on things people know that aren't true.

Sooner or later, the news reaches someone who will use it to entertain his friends at lunch.

Reenactments are typically done for the public, to entertain and educate.

My second problem is with the presentation that is along the lines of a news item that is meant to entertain rather than inform.

Teaching to retain has come to mean teaching to entertain.

Entertain children on rainy days with crafts that repurpose items that would otherwise be thrown away.

There were also a few women professors who refused to entertain her, not even give the much pleaded-for feedback.

The nightly stage shows are designed to entertain both children and parents alike.

The house being built for a hermit has enough space to entertain a large posse.

When behavioural economists packaged emotion into equations, mainstream economists were mostly happy to entertain them.

The caption described in this message lets us know that the image was intended to amuse or entertain people.

It's designed not only to entertain but also help foster social interaction with their peersIn.

Such polemic may entertain its writers, if not its readers, but does little to advance the debate.

Its primary goal is to both entertain and bridge the worlds of the dead and the living, considered the sacred and the profane.

It's the perfect way to entertain the tiny ballerina in your family.

We increasingly share, communicate, socialize and entertain ourselves with software and media on.

And harried two-income families increasingly look to restaurants as locations to gather, relax and entertain themselves.

They're much more portable, and easier to hand over to your kids so they can entertain themselves for a while.

Similarly, one does not entertain a thought or approach to knowledge by ridiculing.

The listings are all produced by media organisations whose primary purpose is to entertain their readers.

It was a time slot that made it clear that this was puppet show that could entertain people of all ages.

Never switched teaching strategy or made up handouts to entertain us.

The aim was to entertain expatriates, but also to impress and cow locals.

Merely to entertain the possibility is exciting and enlightening.

It's the kind of day to hunker down and figure out how to entertain your young ones when you don't plan on going outside.

Cheerleading's purpose is to entertain others and the entertainment of the individuals participating is a by product.

Such men were not rich enough to entertain lavishly at home, but could afford to spend a few pence a day on coffee.

It has great potential to inform and entertain people at home and in the office.

Foolish people will entertain the event of a house fire to save a few dollars.

We're excited to continue work on those franchises and to continue to innovate and entertain in the coming years.

But other non-biologists are ready to entertain the ecological model.

Without restaurants or bars to entertain clients, downtown firms may struggle to compete with their tony uptown rivals.

We should probably also not entertain ourselves with depictions of violence and the taking of life.

Rectifying this situation in time for the winter chill are earmuff headphones that entertain your ears while keeping them warm.

Boll seems out to shock his audience into stunned disbelief rather than actually entertain them.

His works will almost certainly live on well after his death to entertain readers for generations to come.

We increasingly share, communicate, socialize and entertain ourselves with software and.

There are several stories that will entertain the kids.

Or if it doesn't, then you'll have something to entertain yourself while you're on that boring phone call.

I'd recommend the movie but with the note that while it will entertain them for an.

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