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Meaning and definition for "muse" word
[noun] in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
[verb] 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"
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\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.
\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}.
\Muse\, v. t. 1. To think on; to meditate on. Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. --Thomson. 2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.
\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.
Synonyms for muse
chew over, contemplate, excogotate, meditate, mull, mull over, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over
See also: bethink | brood | Calliope | cerebrate | Clio | cogitate | consider | dwell | Erato | Euterpe | germ | Greek deity | introspect | Melpomene | Polyhymnia | premeditate | puzzle | question | seed | source | study | Terpsichore | Thalia | theologise | theologize | think | Urania | wonder | worry |
Related terms: abstraction, brood, chew the cud, cogitate, debate, depth of thought, divine afflatus, Erato, fit of abstraction, Melpomene, mull over, musefulness, mythopoeia, pipe dream, poesy, preoccupation, reflect, revolve, stray, study, toy with, turn over
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Let's analyse "muse" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ESUM. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
muse: 3 + 5 = 8, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight. |
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