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bewitch
English
Etymology
From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- +? witch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??w?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Verb
bewitch (third-person singular simple present bewitches, present participle bewitching, simple past and past participle bewitched)
- (transitive) To cast a spell upon.
- (transitive) To fascinate or charm.
- Synonym: forspeak (obsolete)
- (transitive) To astonish, amaze. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Translations
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entertain
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French entretenir, from entre (“among”) + tenir (“to hold”), from Latin inter + tene? (“hold, keep”). For the noun, compare French entretien.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nt??te?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nt??te?n/, [??????t?e?n]
- Hyphenation: en?ter?tain
- Rhymes: -e?n
Verb
entertain (third-person singular simple present entertains, present participle entertaining, simple past and past participle entertained)
- (transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
- (transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers […]
- (transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
- 1851, Thomas De Quincey, Literary Reminiscences
- I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.
- A rumour gained ground, — and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people.
- 1851, Thomas De Quincey, Literary Reminiscences
- (obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
- (obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
- (obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- to baptize all nations, and to entertain them into the services and institutions of the holy Jesus
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
Derived terms
- entertainer
- entertaining
- entertainment
Related terms
Translations
Noun
entertain (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
- (obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
- But neede, that answers not to all requests, / Bad them not looke for better entertayne […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
Further reading
- entertain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- entertain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- entertain at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Tarentine, Terentian, antienter
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