Receive interest (9)
I believe the answer is:
entertain
This might be a double definition.
'receive' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'interest' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entertain that I've seen before include "Have company" , "Amuse - give hospitality" , "Train teen to amuse" , "Play host to" , "Please < flirt with" .)