entertake en · VERB
Etymology
From enter- + take, after French entreprendre.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To entertain; to receive.
And with more myld aspect those two to entertake.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entertaken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entertaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| entertook | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| entertakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |