Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bemuse
Participle: bemused
Gerund: bemusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bemuse |
| you | bemuse |
| he;she;it | bemuses |
| we | bemuse |
| you | bemuse |
| they | bemuse |
Perfect
| I | have bemused |
| you | have bemused |
| he;she;it | has bemused |
| we | have bemused |
| you | have bemused |
| they | have bemused |
Past
| I | bemused |
| you | bemused |
| he;she;it | bemused |
| we | bemused |
| you | bemused |
| they | bemused |
Pluperfect
| I | had bemused |
| you | had bemused |
| he;she;it | had bemused |
| we | had bemused |
| you | had bemused |
| they | had bemused |
Future
| I | will bemuse |
| you | will bemuse |
| he;she;it | will bemuse |
| we | will bemuse |
| you | will bemuse |
| they | will bemuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bemused |
| you | will have bemused |
| he;she;it | will have bemused |
| we | will have bemused |
| you | will have bemused |
| they | will have bemused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bemuse |
| you | bemuse |
| he;she;it | bemuse |
| we | bemuse |
| you | bemuse |
| they | bemuse |
Perfect
| I | have bemused |
| you | have bemused |
| he;she;it | have bemused |
| we | have bemused |
| you | have bemused |
| they | have bemused |
Imperfect
| I | bemused |
| you | bemused |
| he;she;it | bemused |
| we | bemused |
| you | bemused |
| they | bemused |
Pluperfect
| I | had bemused |
| you | had bemused |
| he;she;it | had bemused |
| we | had bemused |
| you | had bemused |
| they | had bemused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bemuse |
| you | would bemuse |
| he;she;it | would bemuse |
| we | would bemuse |
| you | would bemuse |
| they | would bemuse |
Perfect
| I | would have bemused |
| you | would have bemused |
| he;she;it | would have bemused |
| we | would have bemused |
| you | would have bemused |
| they | would have bemused |
Imperative
| you | bemuse |
| we | Let's bemuse |
| you | bemuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'bemuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bemuse'
amuse,
bebusy,
becue,
becurse,
beduke,
bedust,
behue,
belute,
bemask,
bemaze,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1735, "to make utterly confused," from be- + muse (cf. amuse). Used humorously by Pope (1705) in the sense "devoted utterly to the Muses."
2. From be- + muse. In meaning, influenced by bemaze and later amuse.
Sample Sentences
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[With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies. [1771, James Foot, Penseroso:]
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the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves [1847, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and its people:]
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With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy definition. [2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:]
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When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd [1705, Alexander Pope, Letters:]
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a parson much be-mus'd in beer [1735, Alexander Pope, Satires of Dr. Donne versified:]
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This old man generally bemused himself in beer, once a fortnight. [1784, Edward Harwood, The Case of the Rev. Dr Harwood, page 27:]
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[…] more innocently, and no doubt profitably, than if he had dined at a big-wig's board or bemused himself with smoke and beer among his brethren of the pen. [1891, Grace L. Keith Johnston, The Halletts: A Country Town Chronicle, volume 3, page 34:]