bemuse

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  1. transitive verb To cause to be bewildered; confuse. See Synonyms at daze.
  2. transitive verb To cause to be engrossed in thought.

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  • I don't think I have an explanation for this, though I there are quite a few things in G Gundam that bemuse me. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • We have enjoyed and magnified that reputation, of course, to bemuse our friends and intimidate our enemies. —  Theodore's World
  • Interwob links to confound and bemuse: is teaching a course this year that has me seething with FDR's Men of Action! —  Old is the New New
  • But then, the fact that Milne's slim works about a stuffed bear have enriched so many over so many years -- and kept A. A. Milne a household name -- would no doubt amaze and bemuse the pacifist army veteran as well. —  TAG Blog
  • Japan or the US than they do with their own country - to infuse their work with images that bemuse as much as they equivocate. —  Taipei Times
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  1. from be- + muse; in sense perhaps affected by bemaze. Cf. amuse.
 

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