re-entertainmentn.
/ˌriːɛntəˈteɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriɛn(t)ərˈteɪ(n)mənt/ The action or an act of entertaining, receiving, or admitting again.Although quot. 1749 is taken from a later abstract, the word occurs a number of times in modern transcripts of the administrative records of the East India Company.
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1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 555/1 Peirs of Gaueston..whose reentertainement the dying King had so seriously forbidden.
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 2 He that is quit of so bad a Guest, shall septuple his owne woes by his re-entertainment.
1660 F. Eglesfield Monarchy Revived 283 Cromwell out of a sense of charity for their conversion and in consideration of 20000 l. was willing to listen to their [sc. the Jews'] reentertainment.
1749 C. Floyer Despatch 2 Nov. in H. Dodwell Cal. Madras Despatches 1744–55 (1920) 87 Of the Madras servants, Goodwin, Fowke, Boddam, Powney, Greenhaugh and Jones have absolutely rejected the Company's offer of re-entertainment, presumably because they are senior to some now in Council.
1866 E. F. Moore Rep. Cases of Privy Council on Appeal in E. Indies X. 290 I admitted the re-entertainment of the appeal, that the issues not before gone into might be adjudicated upon.
1888 Madras Surv. Man. (rev. ed.) 43 The service books are sent to Government with applications for pension or gratuity. In cases of re-entertainment, they are obtained back from Government and the amount of pension or gratuity granted is entered.
1997 Amer. Lit. Hist. 9 737 If this is..a voyage to the American underside, then it is also a covert reentertainment of the position of whites left to face it every day.
1999 Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrig. News (Nexis) 25 Oct. 24 Safe, efficient fume removal without re-entertainment into supply intakes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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