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Entertaining

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en⋅ter⋅tain⋅ing

  [en-ter-tey-ning]
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–adjective
affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.
Origin:
1615–25; entertain + -ing 2

Related forms:
en⋅ter⋅tain⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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en⋅ter⋅tain

  [en-ter-teyn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
2. to have as a guest; provide food, lodging, etc., for; show hospitality to.
3. to admit into the mind; consider: He never entertained such ideas.
4. to hold in the mind; harbor; cherish: They secretly entertained thoughts of revenge.
5. Archaic. to maintain or keep up.
6. Obsolete. to give admittance or reception to; receive.
–verb (used without object)
7. to exercise hospitality; entertain company; provide entertainment for guests: They loved to talk, dance, and entertain.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME entertenen to hold mutually < MF entretenir ≪ VL *intertenēre, equiv. to L inter- inter- + tenēre to hold

Synonyms:
1. beguile, regale. See amuse.

Antonyms:
1. bore. 3. reject.
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en·ter·tain   (ěn'tər-tān')   
v.   en·ter·tained, en·ter·tain·ing, en·ter·tains

v.   tr.

  1. To hold the attention of with something amusing or diverting. See Synonyms at amuse.

  2. To extend hospitality toward: entertain friends at dinner.

    1. To consider; contemplate: entertain an idea.

    2. To hold in mind; harbor: entertained few illusions.

  4. Archaic To continue with; maintain.

  5. Obsolete To employ; hire.

  6. To give admittance to; receive.

v.   intr.

  1. To show hospitality to guests.

  2. To provide entertainment.


[Middle English entertinen, to maintain, from Old French entretenir, from Medieval Latin intertenēre : Latin inter, among; see inter- + Latin tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
en'ter·tain'er n.
en·ter·tain·ing   (ěn'tər-tā'nĭng)   
adj.  Agreeably diverting; amusing: The children staged an entertaining puppet show.
en'ter·tain'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

entertain 
1475, "to keep up, maintain," from M.Fr. entretenir, from O.Fr. entretenir "hold together, support," from entre- "among" (from L. inter) + tenir "to hold" (from L. tenere; see tenet). Sense of "have a guest" is 1490; that of "amuse" is 1626. Entertainer "public performer" is from c.1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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