entertain-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: provide entertainment for

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 ENTERTAIN NP2

Examples:
They entertained an enthusiastic crowd.
Sometimes children need to learn how to entertain themselves!

Mappings:
VerbNet: amuse-31.1
FrameNet: Cause_to_experience,Experiencer_obj
PropBank: entertain.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: take into consideration; maintain (theory/though/feeling)

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 ENTERTAIN NP2

Examples:
He entertained the possibility of buying a house.
He entertained quite different notions of how to deal with the
crisis.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: entertain.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3