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Definition amuse

Etymology

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. Cognate with Occitan musa (�idle waiting�), Italian musare (�to gape idly about�). Possibly from Old French *mus (�snout�) from Vulgar Latin *m?sa (�snout�)  � compare Medieval Latin m?sum (�muzzle, snout�) �, from Proto-Germanic *m?- (�muzzle, snout�), from Proto-Indo-European *m?- (�lips, muzzle�). Compare North Frisian m�s, m�s (�mouth�), German Maul (�muzzle, snout�).

Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (�careful attention, leisure, idleness�), from Proto-Germanic *m?t? (�leave, permission�), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (�to acquire, possess, control�). This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (�to leisure�), Old High German *muoza (�careful attention, leisure, idleness�) and muoz?n (�to be idle, have leisure or opportunity�), German Mu�e (�leisure�). More at empty.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
2. To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
3. (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
4. (transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

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