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amused, ppl. a.|əˈmjuːzd|
[f. amuse v. + -ed.]
†1. Put into a muse; mentally arrested or distracted; absorbed, occupied, diverted from the point, cheated. Obs.
1600Holland Livy vii. xix. 262 The cittie was earnestly amused upon [intentus] the Tuscane war. 1611Cotgr., Amusé, amused; put into a muse, driven into a dump. 1640G. Abbott Job Paraphr. 142 But art as a man under water amused in these thy afflictions. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 581 While we suspense, Collected stood within our thoughts amus'd. 1670T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 146 Terrified, amused, amazed, astonished, and dispirited in the late dreadful fire.
2. Diverted, entertained, tickled (in fancy).
1727Pope Dunc. ii. 87 Amus'd he [Jove] reads, and then returns the bills. 1784Cowper Task v. 878 Amused spectators of this bustling stage. |