Definizione monolingua

amuse

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.

   I watch these movies because they amuse me.

   It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people havent got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.

   A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake. -Gilpin.

2. To cause laughter, to be funny.
3. (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

   He amused his followers with idle promises. -Johnson.

4. (transitive, archaic) To divert attention, to distract, to bewilder.

Definizione dizionario amuse

divertire

	divertirsi
	Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.

distrarre

giocare

intrattenere

svagare

Altri significati:

To cause laughter, to be funny.

to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner

to cause laughter

(obsolete, slang, cant) To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. (1811 '''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue''' )

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

(transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.