amuse

[A*museĀ·]

If you enjoy making people laugh, you like to amuse them, which is a good trait to have as long as you don't amuse people during a math test or other solemn occasion.

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

Verb
make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"

Verb
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"


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

v.
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.

v.
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

v. i.
To muse; to mediate.


Amuse

A*muse" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Amusing.] [F. amuser to make stay, to detain, to amuse, (L. ad) + OF. muser. See Muse, v.] 1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]
Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.
Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.
2. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
A group children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
3. To keep in extraction; to beguile; to delude.
He amused his followers with idle promises.
Syn. -- To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive; occupy. -- To Amuse, Divert, Entertain. We are amused by that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are entertained by that which brings our minds into agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a book. We are diverted by that which turns off our thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a laughable incident.
Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever entertains usually a wakens the understanding or gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its effects.

Amuse

A*muse", v. i. To muse; to mediate. [Obs.]

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

To muse; to mediate.

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Usage Examples

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.

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Other Usage Examples

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

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