amuse

To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

I watch these movies because they amuse me.

It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.

To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

His jokes rarely fail to amuse me.

To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.

the enemies were amused on the fires that our men made