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Hope :: Hope (v. i.) To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for..

Banquet :: Banquet (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches..

Welcome :: Welcome (v. t.) To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea..

Entertain :: Entertain (n.) Entertainment.

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting..

Hospitality :: Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality..

Entertainment :: Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..

Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.

Hotel :: Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class..

Junket :: Junket (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.

Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) Treatment; reception; entertainment.

Society :: Society (n.) Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments..

Entremets :: Entremets (n. sing. & pl.) Any small entertainment between two greater ones.

Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..

Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..

Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..

Diverting :: Diverting (a.) Amusing; entertaining.

Regalement :: Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

Malign :: Malign (v. i.) To entertain malice.

Reception :: Reception (n.) The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception..

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