HOST

I. noun see: guest Date: 14th century army , a very large number ; multitude , II. intransitive verb Date: 15th century to assemble in a ~ usually for a ~ile purpose, III. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e ~, guest, from Anglo-French, from Latin hospit-, hospes, probably from ~is Date: 14th century 1. one that receives or entertains guests socially, commercially, or officially, one that provides facilities for an event or function , 2. a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives, the larger, stronger, or dominant member of a commensal or symbiotic pair, an individual into which a tissue, part, or embryo is transplanted from another, a mineral or rock that is older than the minerals or rocks in it, a radio or television emcee, a computer that controls communications in a network or that administers a database, IV. transitive verb Date: 15th century to serve as ~ to, at, or for , emcee , V. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English ~e, oste, from Anglo-French oste, oiste, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ~ia Eucharist, from Latin, sacrifice Date: 14th century the eucharistic bread