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amuze

amuze is the obsolete form of amuse.

Meaning of amuse

Verb

amuse (third-person singular simple present amuses, present participle amusing, simple past and past participle amused)

  1. (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
    • I watch these movies because they amuse me.
  2. (transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
    • His jokes rarely fail to amuse me.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
  4. (archaic, transitive) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
    • Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of amuze

third-person singular presentamuzes
present participleamuzing
past participleamuzed
pastamuzed

Questions about amuze

What is amuze the obsolete form of?
Amuze is the obsolete form of amuse.

Words near amuze in the dictionary

  1. amusive
  2. amusively
  3. amusiveness
  4. amutter
  5. Amuyong
  6. amuze
  7. amuzed
  8. amuzes
  9. Amuzgo
  10. Amuzgos
  11. amuzing

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