v.
- make (someone) laugh or smile.
- provide interesting occupation for; entertain.
Derivative
- amused adj.
- amusedly adv.
- amusing adj.
- amusingly adv.
Etymology
C15 (in the sense ‘deceive’): from OFr. amuser ‘entertain, deceive’, from a- (expressing causal effect) + muser ‘stare stupidly’.