Entertain: alternatives and connections

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

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Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.

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To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its u…

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The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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To render social.

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Deep thought; muse.

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Deep thought; muse.

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One who entertains.

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One who entertains.

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To support or sustain; to hold up.

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A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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