amuse

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

a·muse (ə-myo͞ozʹ)tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es
1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.
2. To cause to laugh or smile by giving pleasure:
I was not amused by his jokes.
3. Archaic. To delude or deceive. [Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-. See ad-) + muser, to stare stupidly; see muse.] a·musʹa·ble adj.a·musʹer n. 
Synonyms: amuse, entertain, divert, regale
These verbs refer to actions that provide pleasure, especially as a means of passing time. Amuse, the least specific, implies directing attention away from serious matters: I amused myself with a game of solitaire. Entertain suggests acts undertaken to furnish amusement: “They [timetables and catalogs] are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written” (W. Somerset Maugham). Divert implies distraction from worrisome thought or care: “I had neither Friends or Books to divert me” (Richard Steele). To regale is to entertain with something enormously enjoyable: “He loved to regale his friends with tales about the many memorable characters he had known as a newspaperman” (David Rosenzweig).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  divert, disport