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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muse \Muse\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Musing}.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See {Morsel}, and cf. {Amuse}, {Muzzle}, noun]
1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "Thereon mused he." --Chaucer.
He mused upon some dangerous plot. --Sir P. Sidney.
2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study. --Daniel.
3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See {Ponder}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muse \Muse\, noun [From F. musse. See {Muset}.] A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Find a hare without a muse. --Old Prov.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muse \Muse\, noun [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. {Mosaic}, noun, {Music}.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural. At one time certain other goddesses were considered as muses.
Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope.
Note: The names of the Muses and the arts they presided over were: Calliope (Epic poetry), Clio (History), Erato (Lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (Tragedy), Polymnia or Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy).
2. A particular power and practice of poetry; the inspirational genius of a poet. --Shak.
3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muse \Muse\, verb (used with an object)
1. To think on; to meditate on.
Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. --Thomson.
2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study. --Milton.
2. Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
2: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
verb
1: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: {chew over}, {think over}, {meditate}, {ponder}, {excogitate}, {contemplate}, {muse}, {reflect}, {mull}, {mull over}, {ruminate}, {speculate}]
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