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[myooz] 
verb, mused, mus⋅ing.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. |
| 2. | Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to meditate on. |
| 4. | to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. |
Origin:
1300–50; ME musen to mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished < MF muser, perh. ult. deriv. of ML mūsum muzzle
1300–50; ME musen to mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished < MF muser, perh. ult. deriv. of ML mūsum muzzle
Related forms:
muser, noun
Synonyms:
1. cogitate, ruminate, think; dream. 1, 3. ponder, contemplate, deliberate.
1. cogitate, ruminate, think; dream. 1, 3. ponder, contemplate, deliberate.
Muse
[myooz] –noun
| 1. | Classical Mythology.
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| 2. | (sometimes lowercase) the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like. |
| 3. | (lowercase) the genius or powers characteristic of a poet. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME Muse < MF < L Mūsa < Gk Moûsa
1350–1400; ME Muse < MF < L Mūsa < Gk Moûsa
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| muse (myōōz) v. mused, mus·ing, mus·es v. intr. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. v. tr. To consider or say thoughtfully: mused that it might take longer to drive than walk. n. A state of meditation. [Middle English musen, from Old French muser (possibly from mus, snout, from Medieval Latin mūsum) and or of Germanic origin.] mus'er n. |
| Muse (myōōz) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Mūsa, from Greek Mousa; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.] Word History: The Muse has inspired English poetry since Chaucer invoked her in 1374. Muse comes from Latin Mūsa, from Greek Mousa. There are Greek dialect forms mōsa and moisa, and all three come from an original *montya. As to the further origins of this form, a clue is provided by the name of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses. Her name is the Greek noun mnēmosunē "memory," which comes from *mnā-, an extended form of the Greek and Indo-European root *men-, "to think." This is the root from which we derive amnesia (from Greek), mental (from Latin), and mind (from Germanic). The reconstructed form *montya that is the ancestor of Greek Mousa could then mean something like "having mental power." |
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Muse
Muse\, n. [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.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.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.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.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.
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Language Translation for : muse
Spanish:
reflexionar, meditar,
German:
die Muse,
Japanese:
思にふける
muse (v.)
"to be absorbed in thought," 1340, from O.Fr. muser (12c.) "to ponder, loiter, waste time," lit. "to stand with one's nose in the air" (or, possibly, "to sniff about" like a dog who has lost the scent), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Romance *musa "snout," of unknown origin. Probably influenced in sense by Muse.
Muse
c.1374, protectors of the arts, from L. Musa, from Gk. Mousa, lit. "muse, music, song," from PIE root *mon-/*men-/*mn- "to think, remember" (see mind (n.)). The names of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (q.v.), and their specialties are traditionally: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry, lyric art), Euterpe (music, especially flute), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Muse language
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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