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Definition of Amuse

1. Verb. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. "The performance is likely to amuse Sue"; "The play amused the ladies"

2. Verb. Make (somebody) laugh. "Sam cannot amuse Sue "; "The clown amused the children"

Definition of Amuse

1. v. t. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

2. v. i. To muse; to mediate.

Definition of Amuse

1. Verb. (transitive) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. ¹

2. Verb. To cause laughter, to be funny. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive archaic) To divert attention, to distract, to bewilder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amuse

1. to occupy pleasingly [v AMUSED, AMUSING, AMUSES] : AMUSABLE [adj], AMUSEDLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amuse

amu amuck amucks amulet amuletic amuletlike amulets amulette amulettes amurca

amurcas amurcous amurensin amus amusable amuse (current term) amused amusedly amuser amusers

amuses amusette amusettes amusia

Literary usage of Amuse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER IX LE ROI S'amuse CAPTAIN DE CATINAT had hardly vanished through the one door before the other was thrown open by Mademoiselle Nanon, ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... may amuse the reader, and in a work of this nature will hardly be considered as misplaced.] ["MRS. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"He'll amuse you, I promise you," said Cutbill. " I'd like to meet him," said Jack. " I had the ill-luck to bowl him over in the hunting-field, ..."

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