(obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.

(obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.

(transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.

(transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.

(transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.

(obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.

(obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.

(obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.