amuse
verb (used with object)
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner.
amuser
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a word derived from
amuse.
Example Sentences
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Jones described the book as an "amuse cerveau," or "brain amuser."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
Do you see me as Companion and general amuser to an old lady—over seventy years of age?
From Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Yet he did not like Keene the worse for the impatient gesture with which the latter shook himself loose, muttering, “Je vous croyais trop sage, M. le Vicomte, pour vous amuser avec ces balivernes de romancier.”
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
He knew that, for a time at any rate, he would displace even Jos Curtenty, that almost professional "card" and amuser of burgesses, in the popular imagination.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
The other over-vital brother, if a prime amuser, was also a prime tease, and being nearer Donald in age was also much less gentle.
From A Student in Arms Second Series by Donald Hankey
