Entertain and Keep

Entertain

Entertain verb - To keep in one's mind or heart.

Usage example: I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me

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Keep and entertain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Entertain".

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Entertain and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Entertain" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

people	entertain people	keep people
children	entertain children	keep children
family	entertain family	keep family
company	entertain company	keep company
Other words: rest, audience, time, way, identity, money, anyone, player, everyone, daughter, sister, kids, friends.

King founded Fire Joe Morgan as a way for him and some of his friends to keep track of, and entertain each other with, sports journalism they found ridiculous.

Source: Blog / Fire Joe Morgan
On Stargate SG-1 the replicators were created by the android Reese, to keep her company and entertain her.

Source: My Little Panzer
They used it as a way to entertain the Jewish children they were smuggling over the border to Switzerland (and keep them quiet in the process, so as to avoid being caught by the Nazis).

Source: Everyone Hates Mimes

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