amuse – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of amuse

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to amuse
Participle: amused
Gerund: amusing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of amuse

Indicative

Present

Iamuse
youamuse
he;she;itamuses
weamuse
youamuse
theyamuse

Perfect

Ihave amused
youhave amused
he;she;ithas amused
wehave amused
youhave amused
theyhave amused

Past

Iamused
youamused
he;she;itamused
weamused
youamused
theyamused

Pluperfect

Ihad amused
youhad amused
he;she;ithad amused
wehad amused
youhad amused
theyhad amused

Future

Iwill amuse
youwill amuse
he;she;itwill amuse
wewill amuse
youwill amuse
theywill amuse

Future Perfect

Iwill have amused
youwill have amused
he;she;itwill have amused
wewill have amused
youwill have amused
theywill have amused

Subjunctive

Present

Iamuse
youamuse
he;she;itamuse
weamuse
youamuse
theyamuse

Perfect

Ihave amused
youhave amused
he;she;ithave amused
wehave amused
youhave amused
theyhave amused

Imperfect

Iamused
youamused
he;she;itamused
weamused
youamused
theyamused

Pluperfect

Ihad amused
youhad amused
he;she;ithad amused
wehad amused
youhad amused
theyhad amused

Conditional

Present

Iwould amuse
youwould amuse
he;she;itwould amuse
wewould amuse
youwould amuse
theywould amuse

Perfect

Iwould have amused
youwould have amused
he;she;itwould have amused
wewould have amused
youwould have amused
theywould have amused

Imperative

youamuse
weLet's amuse
youamuse

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam amusing
youare amusing
he;she;itis amusing
weare amusing
youare amusing
theyare amusing

Perfect

Ihave been amusing
youhave been amusing
he;she;ithas been amusing
wehave been amusing
youhave been amusing
theyhave been amusing

Past

Iwas amusing
youwere amusing
he;she;itwas amusing
wewere amusing
youwere amusing
theywere amusing

Pluperfect

Ihad been amusing
youhad been amusing
he;she;ithad been amusing
wehad been amusing
youhad been amusing
theyhad been amusing

Future

Iwill be amusing
youwill be amusing
he;she;itwill be amusing
wewill be amusing
youwill be amusing
theywill be amusing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been amusing
youwill have been amusing
he;she;itwill have been amusing
wewill have been amusing
youwill have been amusing
theywill have been amusing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be amusing
youwould be amusing
he;she;itwould be amusing
wewould be amusing
youwould be amusing
theywould be amusing

Perfect

Iwould have been amusing
youwould have been amusing
he;she;itwould have been amusing
wewould have been amusing
youwould have been amusing
theywould have been amusing

Other

Verbs similar to 'amuse'

abuse, amese, muse, abase, accuse, acute, adure, affuse, ague, aguise,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

entertain
charm, enliven, cheer, divert, please, brighten, regale

Antonyms

entertain
bore, weary, tire, reject

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
3. Proto-Italic *ad
4. Proto-Italic *ad-
5. Latin ad-
6. Old French a-
7. Medieval Latin musumder.?
8. Old French muser
9. Old French amuserbor.
10. Middle English *amusen
11. English amuse
12. From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).
13. Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”).
14. This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (“to leisure”), Old High German *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”) and muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty. See: Italian 'musare', Dutch 'musen'.

Verbs referencing "amuse"

Ido amuzar.

Sample Sentences

  • ‘“ When left alone, she seems very happy if she have her knitting or sewing, and will busy herself for hours; if she have no occupation, she evidently amuses herself by imaginary dialogues, or by recalling past impressions; she counts with her fingers, or spells out names of things which she has recently learned, in the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘When left alone, she occupies and apparently amuses herself, and seems quite contented; and so strong seems to be the natural tendency of thought to put on the garb of language, that she often soliloquizes in the finger language, slow and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] table, and going away a little distance with the children, placed Oliver 's fingers in the positions to spell key, on which Laura went and brought the article: the little fellow seemed much amused by this, and looked very attentive and smiling. I then caused him to make the letters bread, and in an instant Laura went and brought him a piece: he smelled at it; put it to his lips; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] with profound gravity and respect, and so went on. The rest of the madwomen seemed to understand the joke perfectly (not only in this case, but in all the others, except their own ), and be highly amused by it. The nature of their several kinds of insanity was made known to me in the same way, and we left each of them in high good humour. Not only is a thorough confidence established, by those [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] they are poured from glass to glass ! No amusements? What are these suckers of cigars and swallowers of strong drinks, whose hats and legs we see in every possible variety of twist, doing, but amusing themselves ? What are the fifty newspapers, which those precocious urchins are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are they but amusements ? Not vapid, waterish [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] be—with him: a few frame cottages, and an apparatus for smelting the copper. He carries its people too. They are partly American and partly Irish, and herd together on the lower deck; where they amused themselves last evening till the night was pretty far advanced, by alternately firing off pistols and singing hymns. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • On our way to Portland, we passed a ‘Magistrate 's office, ’ which amused me, as looking far more like a dame school than any police establishment: for this awful Institution was nothing but a little lazy, good-for-nothing front parlour, open to the street; wherein two or [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Rising at five o’clock next morning, I took a walk about the village: none of the houses were strolling about to-day, but it was early for them yet, perhaps: and then amused myself by lounging in a kind of farm-yard behind the tavern, of which the leading features were, a strange jumble of rough sheds for stables; a rude colonnade, built as a cool place of summer [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] chickens, which had borne us company from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the vessel 's stern. For some days we had a dead calm, or very light winds, during which the crew amused themselves with fishing, and hooked an unlucky dolphin, who expired, in all his rainbow colours, on the deck: an event of such importance in our barren calendar, that afterwards we dated from the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The idea appeared to amuse her considerably; for her eyes twinkled, and she added, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)