AMUSE Copy link • AMUSEoblectare (to supply a pleasant occupation; to amuse, whether by things or words): delectare (to delight). To amuse one’s self with anything, se delectare aliqua re: delectari aliqua re (e.g., libris): se oblectare aliqua re (e.g., ludis). The play amuses the people (fabula oblectat populum). To be amused, oblectari aliqua re: oblectari et duci aliqua re: delectatione alicujus rei duci: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere, percipere, habere. Draw a man on (with hopes, promises, etc.), extrahere aliquem (Vid :, Liv., 23, and31): aliquem variis frustrationibus differre, or variis dilationibus frustrare; aliquem per frustrationem differre: aliquem eludere atque extrahere: lactare aliquem et spe falsa producere (Ter.).