Definition of amuse

"amuse" in the verb sense

1. amuse, divert, disport

occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

"The play amused the ladies"

2. amuse

make (somebody) laugh

"The clown amused the children"

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Quotations for amuse

Cards were at first for benefits designed,
Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. [ Garrick ]

Society welcomes only those who amuse, or flatter. [ De Finod ]

To amuse the public: what a sad vocation for a man who thinks!

It is with the mind that we amuse ourselves, but with the heart we never weary. [ A. Dumas pere ]

To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

These things I revolve by myself with compressed lips, When I have any leisure, I amuse myself with my writings. [ Horace ]

Happy is he to whom his business itself becomes a puppet, who at length can play with it, and amuse himself with what his situation makes his duty. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

He who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces as to the idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. [ John Foster ]

Thackeray and Balzac will make it possible for our descendants to live over again the England and France of today. Seen in this light, the novelist has a higher office than merely to amuse his contemporaries. [ P. G. Hamerton ]

amuse in Scrabble®

The word amuse is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters amuse:

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amuse in Words With Friends™

The word amuse is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters amuse:

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In amuse

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Words within the letters of amuse

2 letter words in amuse (7 words)

3 letter words in amuse (8 words)

4 letter words in amuse (5 words)

5 letter words in amuse (1 word)

amuse + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence amuse

Words that start with amuse (6 words)

Words that end with amuse (1 word)

Word Growth involving amuse

Shorter words in amuse

am

mu mus muse

us mus muse

us use muse

Longer words containing amuse

amused amusedly

amused unamused

amusement amusements

amusement unamusement

amuses calamuses

amuses hippopotamuses

amuses ignoramuses