entertain

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entertain/entəˈteɪn/

▶verb

• 1 provide with amusement or enjoyment.

  ■ show hospitality to.

• 2 give attention or consideration to.

– derivatives
entertaining adjective,
entertainingly adverb,
entertainer noun.

– origin ME (orig. in the sense ‘maintain, continue’, later ‘treat in a certain way’): from Fr. entretenir, based on L. inter ‘among’ + tenere ‘to hold’.