Verb

(en verb)

To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

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To demonstrate.

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(legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

To put on a public display.

(medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Verb

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.

I watch these movies because they amuse me.

It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.

* Gilpin

A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.

To cause laughter, to be funny.

(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

* Johnson

He amused his followers with idle promises.

(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

* Holland

Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.

* Fuller

Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.