Definition of Amuse

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Definition of Amuse

Amuse

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.

To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

To muse; to mediate.

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Amuse Quotations

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Blaise Pascal

I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
Hillary Clinton

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.
Theodor Geisel

Small things amuse small minds.
Doris Lessing

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
Gustave Flaubert

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.
Helmut Newton

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
Evelyn Waugh

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Henry B. Adams

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.
Donald Knuth

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.
Arthur Erickson

Amuse Translations

amuse in Afrikaans is amuseer
amuse in Dutch is opvrolijken, amuseren, onderhouden
amuse in Finnish is huvittaa
amuse in French is amuser, amusez, amusons, amusent
amuse in Italian is divertire
amuse in Portuguese is diverta
amuse in Spanish is divertir
amuse in Swedish is roa

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