Muse - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Muse :  (noun)
1: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science [syn: Muse]
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, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Muse : \Muse\, v. i. [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, n.] 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Muse : \Muse\, v. t. 1. To think on; to meditate on.

Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. --Thomson.

2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Muse : \Muse\, n. [Based on 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Muse : \Muse\, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. Mosaic, n., Music.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.

Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope.

Note: The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.

2. A particular power and practice of poetry. --Shak.

3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Muse : \Muse\, n. 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Muse : 

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