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Another word for entertain

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Verb

  1. To occupy in an agreeable or pleasing way

    See also:

    excite

  2. To receive (an idea) and take it into consideration

    See also:

    thoughts

  3. To think or think about carefully and at length

    Idioms:
    See also:

    thoughts

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Another word for entertain

Verb

  1. To keep amused

    Antonyms:

  2. To act as host or hostess

    Antonyms:

  3. To consider

    See also:

    amuse

    think

    consider

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Sentence Examples

  • I'm not here to entertain you, Xander.

  • I want to entertain him as far as I can, with all the pleasures of life here.

  • This evening they are going to entertain their friends with readings from your poems and music.

  • My wife was as thrilled to entertain our guest as Molly was to be there.

  • Thus attired I went down to help entertain the company.

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