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be·muse (bĭ-myōōz') tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
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Bemuse
Be*muse"\, v. t. To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor. A parson much bemused in beer. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bemuse
1735, "to make utterly confused," from be- + muse (cf. amuse). Used humorously by Pope (1705) in the sense "devoted utterly to the Muses."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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