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Definition of Amuse |
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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. Related Definitions: Absorb, Also, Attention, Beguile, Bewilder, Deep, Delude, Distract, Divert, Engage, Entertain, Expectation, In, Keep, Lose, Manner, Mediate, Mirthful, Muse, Occupy, Of, Or, Pleasant, Pleasing, Stir, The, Thought, To, With |
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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 |
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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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