Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entertaining"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Entertain \En`ter*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entertained}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Entertaining}.] [F. entretenir; entre between
(L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See {Tenable}.]
1. To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service;
to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Entertaining \En`ter*tain"ing\, a.
Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. --
{En`ter*tain"ing*ly}, adv. -- {En`ter*tain"ing*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

entertaining
adj : agreeably diverting or amusing; "an entertaining puppet
show"; "films should be entertaining" [ant: {unentertaining}]


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