re-entertainv.

1580 R. Robinson tr. P. Melanchthon Godly Assertion in Def. True Church of God 13 Peter Bishop of Alexandria..affirmeth, that such as slyde away from the fayth are to bee reentertained.

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction To Rdr. sig. Aiv I chose rather to..re-entertaine such my wandring traueller.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. ii. 12 If my Master should refuse to re-entertain me, I had by me what might svpply my necessities.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 101 Till the true Sense of God be re-entertained in the soyl where it ought to grow.

1704 Bp. W. Sheridan Several Disc. ii. 59 That forsaking of Sin..must exclude all Thoughts of Kindness for, or of re-entertaining his former Sins.

1847 Times 3 Aug. 6/4 The reason they were discharged was, that the State was overburdened with soldiery—the reason they are re-entertained it would be difficult to imagine.

1864 E. A. Langley Narr. Resid. Court Meer Ali Moorad ii. 61 My other servants, who..after some days teased me into re-entertaining him.

1951 Harvard Law Rev. 64 1190 Applications filed less than 20 days before hearing..will be dismissed and re-entertained only after decision on first application.

1999 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 Oct. a1 The railroad is selling entertainment, and people who aren't happy don't come back to be re-entertained.