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Instance of: lemon:LexicalSense
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lemon:value engMiddle English amusen from Middle French amuser (“to amuse, divert”) (modern French amuser (“to make stay, detain, amuse”)) from Old French amuser (“to stupefy”) from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, be bewildered”), possibly from Old French mus (“snout”) from {ML.} musum of Germanic languages origin; or from Frankish *, * (“to stun, confuse, confound”) from . Akin to Old English amasian (“to confuse, stupefy, bewilder”) (English amaze), Old Norse masa (“to struggle, be confused”) (Norwegian mas (“exhausting labour”), Norwegian masast (“to be dazed, begin to dream”), Swedish masa (“to dawdle, idle”), Swedish mos (“sluggish, sleepy”)). More at amaze.
lemon:value engTo cause laughter, to be funny.
uby:definitionType intensionalDefinition
uby:statementType etymology
uby:equivalent nldamuseren
uby:equivalent deubelustigen
uby:equivalent deuerheitern
uby:equivalent finhuvittaa
uby:equivalent bulразсмивам
uby:index 2
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