† entertearv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To wound mutually by laceration; to attack (one another) by tearing or rending.
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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xi. 250 All are pleased to see them [sc. beasts]..enter-teare [Fr. s'entredeschirer] one an other.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xvi. 1) 434 Doggs though they fight never so fierce, and mutually entertear one another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).
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