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What is the verb for entertainment?

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entertain
  1. (transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
  2. (transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
  3. (transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
  4. (obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
  5. (obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
  6. (obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack.”
      “Through the 1880s and into the 1890s, he would regularly entertain his friends with Sunday night dinners.”
      “She loved to entertain, and on more formal occasions, she even greeted her guests in French.”
entertake
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To entertain; to receive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And with more myld aspect those two to entertake.”
entertaining
entertaine
  1. Obsolete spelling of entertain
  2. Examples:
    1. “But say, poore Place, in what manner didst thou entertaine the sunn?”
entertains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entertain
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Ultimately, though, Lessing provides a cracking good story that diverts, entertains and stimulates.”
      “We've got to be an organized team that is based on a skating game and entertains the fans.”
      “This is truly a family film that inspires and entertains without being cutesy or syrupy.”
entertakes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entertake
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entertaineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of entertain
entertainest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of entertain
entertained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of entertain
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Embsay were in the wars when they entertained Denholme, who were making their first visit to Shires Lane.”
      “Visitors were also entertained by a quintet of musicians from the Bolton School of Music.”
      “Guests ate, drank and partied whilst being entertained by an array of fireworks in the skies above.”
entertaking
  1. present participle of entertake
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entertook
  1. simple past tense of entertake
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entertaken
  1. past participle of entertake
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