entertaine

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A form of entertain — To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of entertain.

    And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria […]

    c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii
verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of entertain.

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Chicago

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