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Definition of Amuses
1. amuse [v] - See also: amuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amuses
| amurcous amurensin amus amusable amuse amused amusedly amuser amusers amuses (current term) | amusette amusettes amusia amusias amusical amusingly amusingness amusingnesses amusiveness amychophobia | amyctic amyddest |
Literary usage of Amuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"RABELAIS amuses Gargantua with tricks upon the cards, founded upon calculation,
in which he makes him excel Cuthbert Tunstal of Durham, that Bishop having ..."
2. Life and Labour in the Far, Far West: Being Notes of a Tour in the Western by William Henry Barneby (1884)
"... Chinaman—How he amuses himself—A Mistake—The Golden Gate. I LEFT Manitou by
the 5 pm train (by Denver and Rio Grande railroad) for Colorado Springs, ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"He retires into private life, and amuses himself by collecting the Harleian
MSS., now in the British Museum.—His death. THE wound received by Harley, ..."
4. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the by Joseph Wolff (1845)
"... wish to know the Story of Napoleon; Dr. Wolff Recounts it in an Oriental fashion.
He amuses the tedious hours of Captivity by telling ..."
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