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[ verb ] occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
Examples "The play amused the ladies" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Some who have written on Utopia have treated it as `` a learned diversion of a learned world '' , `` a phantasy with which More amused himself '' , `` a holiday work , a spontaneous overflow of intellectual high_spirits , a revel of debate , paradox , comedy and invention '' . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)But then one day , while on a week 's visit to the country home of a retired Swiss jeweler , Rousseau amused the company with a_few little melodies he had written , to which he attached no great importance . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)`` I am afraid there is not much to amuse small children here . |
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[ verb ] make (somebody) laugh
Examples "The clown amused the children" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The night before , they had telephoned the Andrus_maid , Selena_Masters , and she had arrived early , bursting her vigorous presence into the silent house with an assurance that amused McFeeley and confounded Moll . |
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