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  • 11entertain — verb 1) she wrote plays to entertain them Syn: amuse, divert, delight, please, charm, cheer, interest; informal bring the house down; engage, occupy, absorb, engross Ant: bore 2) …

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  • 12entertain — en|ter|tain [ ,entər teın ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to give a performance that people enjoy: In professional sports, the responsibility is on everyone to entertain the crowd. a ) intransitive or transitive to receive someone as a guest and give… …

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  • 13entertain — verb 1) he wrote stories to entertain them Syn: amuse, please, charm, cheer, interest, engage, occupy 2) he entertains foreign visitors Syn: receive, play host/hostess to, invite (round/over) …

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  • 14idea — (Gk., eidos, visible form) A notion stretching all the way from one pole, where it denotes a subjective, internal presence in the mind, somehow thought of as representing something about the world, to the other pole, where it represents an… …

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  • 15entertain*/ — [ˌentəˈteɪn] verb 1) [T] to give a performance that people enjoy The children sang and danced to entertain the crowd.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to receive someone as a guest and give them food and drink The front room is used for entertaining visitors.[/ex]… …

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  • 16entertain — en•ter•tain [[t]ˌɛn tərˈteɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse 2) to have as a guest; show hospitality to 3) to admit into the mind; consider: I never entertained such an idea[/ex] 4) to hold in the… …

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  • 17entertain — v.tr. 1 amuse; occupy agreeably. 2 a receive or treat as a guest. b (absol.) receive guests (they entertain a great deal). 3 give attention or consideration to (an idea, feeling, or proposal). Etymology: ME f. F entretenir ult. f. L tenere hold …

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  • 18entertain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. receive, welcome; amuse, divert, regale; harbor, shelter, cherish; maintain, keep up; consider, dwell upon, heed. See attention, thought, amusement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To keep amused] Syn. amuse,… …

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  • 19Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …

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  • 20Clarence Royce — Clarence V. Royce First appearance Time after Time (episode 3.01) Last appearance React Quotes (episode 5.05) …

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