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musing

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mus⋅ing

  [myoo-zing]
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–adjective
1. absorbed in thought; meditative.
–noun
2. contemplation; reflection.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see muse, -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
mus⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

muse

  [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

Related forms:
muser, noun

Synonyms:
1. cogitate, ruminate, think; dream. 1, 3. ponder, contemplate, deliberate.
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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.
mus·ing   (myōō'zĭng)   
adj.  Deep in thought; contemplative.
n.  

  1. Contemplation; meditation.

  2. A product of contemplation; a thought. "an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections" (James Atlas).

mus'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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