Helen Fenton

Amuse: Definition and part of speech

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Amuse

  1. v. i. To muse; to mediate.
  2. v. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
  3. v. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
  4. v. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amusement: Definition and part of speech

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Amusement

  1. n. The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.
  2. n. Deep thought; muse.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Amygdalate: Definition and part of speech

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Amygdalate

  1. n. A salt amygdalic acid.
  2. a. Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
  3. n. An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.