fəl adjective Archaic.
deeply thoughtful; pensive.
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| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to reflect (about) or ponder (on), usually in silence |
| 2. | (intr) to gaze thoughtfully |
| —n | |
| 3. | archaic a state of abstraction |
| [C14: from Old French muser, perhaps from mus snout, from Medieval Latin mūsus] | |
| 'muser1 | |
| —n | |
| 'museful1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'musefully1 | |
| —adv | |
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