amuse
a·muse / əˈmyoōz/ • v. [tr.] 1. cause (someone) to find something funny; entertain: he made faces to amuse her.2. provide interesting and enjoyable occupation for (someone): the hotel has planned many activities to amuse its guests.DERIVATIVES: a·mus·ed·ly / -zidlē/ adv. (in sense 1).
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AMUSE. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the usual sense of this word was "to divert the attention of" or "to mislead" (Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1955). When a tactician of the period sent out a force to amuse the enemy his intentions were no more humorous than those of today's commander who plans a diversion.
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