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amuse
amuse
verb
Definition of AMUSE
to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied <the older girl amused her four-year-old sister at the family reunion by showing her off to all the relatives>
Related Words absorb, busy, distract, engage, engross, immerse, interest, involve, occupy; beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, enthrall (or enthral), fascinate; grip, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize; coddle, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, please, pleasure, spoil; appease, comfort, conciliate, console, content, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiate, soothe
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