Definition of "entertain" []

• To hold the attention of with something amusing or diverting. See Synonyms at amuse. (verb-transitive)
• To extend hospitality toward: entertain friends at dinner. (verb-transitive)
• To consider; contemplate: entertain an idea. (verb-transitive)
• To hold in mind; harbor: entertained few illusions. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To continue with; maintain. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "By and large, the only “something” that other countries might entertain is the capacity to shovel the S#!"
• "Anyone who has to use profanity to make their point or to entertain is only revealing his or her own limitations. — ravenswing2"
• "If there was ever of picture of a total stalemate, that it is, but the one thing the MSM does not want to entertain is any suggestion that the Qana incident was staged by Hezbollah."