to entertain is a form of:
Entertain
verb — past tense: entertained ; past participle: entertained ; present participle: entertaining ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody (to something) (to amuse, to occupy agreeably, to receive (a person) with hospitality, to have in the mind, to have as a guest) នាំកំសាន្ដ, ជប់លៀង, យកមកពិនិត្យ, បន្លែង, នាំអោយលេង, ធ្វើអោយសប្បាយ, ចំអក, បុណ្យ, ធ្វើបុណ្យ, ទទួលដោយរាក់ទាក
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- ផ្តល់ការទទួលរាក់ទាក់ដូចជាចំណីអាហារ, រីករាយពិចារណានូវសំណើ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: entertained ; past participle: entertained ; present participle: entertaining ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
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- consider, harbor, hold, amuse, beguile, cheer, delight, divert, gladden, please, regale
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- annoy, bore, disgust, disturb, repulse
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- Entertainment