amuse
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amuse/əˈmjuːz/
▶verb
- 1 make (someone) laugh or smile.
- 2 provide interesting occupation for; entertain.
– derivatives
amused adjective,
amusedly adverb,
amusing adjective,
amusingly adverb.
amused adjective,
amusedly adverb,
amusing adjective,
amusingly adverb.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘deceive’): from OFr. amuser ‘entertain, deceive’, from a- (expressing causal effect) + muser ‘stare stupidly’.
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