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entertain

verb [I or T] (INVITE)
 
 
/en.təˈteɪn/ US  /-t̬ɚ-/

Definition

to invite someone to your house and give food and drink to them: We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's. Now that I live on my own, I don't entertain much.Celebrating and entertaining
(Definition of entertain verb (INVITE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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