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muse

[myooz]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

mused, musing

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
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Archaic.��to gaze meditatively or wonderingly.

verb (used with object)

mused, musing

to meditate on.
Synonyms: , ,
to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon.

Muse

[myooz]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Classical Mythology.��
1. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
2. any goddess presiding over a particular art.
(sometimes lowercase)��the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.
(lowercase)��the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.

MUSE

abbreviation

Mainstream U.S. English: a dialect of American English that is considered to be standard or unmarked by dialectal variation in pronunciation, syntactic structures, or vocabulary, and that is heard in newscasts and taught in schools.

muse

/ ��ː�� /

verb

to reflect (about) or ponder (on), usually in silence
(intr) to gaze thoughtfully

noun

archaic��a state of abstraction

Muse

/ ��ː�� /

noun

Greek myth any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania

muse

/ ��ː�� /

noun

a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet

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Other Word Forms

muser noun
ˈ��ܲ��ڳܱ� adjective
ˈ��ܲ�� noun
ˈ��ܲ��ڳܱ�ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muse¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English musen “to mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished,” from Middle French muser, perhaps ultimately derivative of Medieval Latin ��ū��ܳ� “s�Դǳܳ�”; muzzle

Origin of muse²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Muse, from Middle French, from Latin ��ū��, from Greek �Ѵ�û��

Origin of muse³

First recorded in 1995–2000; by abbreviation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muse¹

C14: from Old French muser, perhaps from mus snout, from Medieval Latin ��ū��ܲ�

Origin of muse²

C14: from Old French, from Latin ��ū��, from Greek Mousa a Muse

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He's been musing on his roots for some time.

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Back here on the patio, the 52-year-old singer and guitarist is musing about how audiences are likely to react.

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He also mused on his relationship with success.

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Examining household income trends, she muses, “I calculate I am less than eight years away from being the last housewife in the country.”

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“You know my joke is I didn’t expect my muses to be a Jewish couple in their 70s,” he says.

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