entertain (v.) Old form(s): entertain'd , entertaine
maintain, keep up, practise
Luc.1514[of a painting of Sinon] He entertained a show so seeming just
MV I.i.90[Gratiano to Antonio, of some men] whose visages ... do a wilful stillness entertain
R2 II.ii.4[Bushy to Queen Isabel] You promised ... / To ... entertain a cheerful disposition
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