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mused |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.
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