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amuse

UK/əˈmjuːz/ US/ʌˈmjuz/ fairly common

verb

1.

occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

  • “The play amused the ladies”
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2.

make (somebody) laugh

  • “The clown amused the children”

Origin

From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin.

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