entertain (v.) Old form(s): entertaine
accept as true, allow, accommodate
CE II.ii.195[Antipholus of Syracuse to himself, of Adriana's approach] Until I know this sure uncertainty, / I'll entertain the offered fallacy
H5 IV.chorus.1[Chorus] Now entertain conjecture of a time / When creeping murmur and the poring dark / Fills the wide vessel of the universe
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