verb
1 invite sb to eat/drink with you
ADVERB
▪ lavishly
▪
The Bradfords always ~ed lavishly at Christmas.
PREPOSITION
▪ to ( BrE )
▪
They ~ed us to lunch in their new house.
2 interest/amuse sb
ADVERB
▪ thoroughly
▪
Everyone was thoroughly ~ed.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
She ~ed us with stories of her travels.
PHRASES
▪ ~ and educate , ~ and enlighten , ~ and inform
▪
Films can ~ and educate, make you laugh or cry.
▪ keep sb ~ed
▪
We hired a magician to keep the children ~ed.
3 think about an idea/hope/feeling
ADVERB
▪ seriously
▪
I am amazed that such a crazy idea could be seriously ~ed.
▪ briefly
▪
briefly ~ing hopes that he might keep the affair a secret
VERB + ENTERTAIN
▪ be prepared to , be willing to
▪
She would make no promises, but was willing to ~ the idea.
▪ refuse to
Entertain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ crowd , ↑ doubt , ↑ fantasy , ↑ guest , ↑ hope , ↑ idea , ↑ illusion , ↑ notion , ↑ possibility , ↑ suspicion , ↑ viewer , ↑ visitor