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muse |
8 definitions 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Muse n 1: in ancient mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science [syn: {Muse}] 2: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" v : think about at length and in depth; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon" [syn: {chew over}, {think over}, {meditate}, {ponder}, {contemplate}, {reflect}, {mull}, {mull over}, {ruminate}, {speculate}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Muse, OK Zip code(s): 74949 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Muse{OR-parallel} {logic programming}. [Details?] (1995-03-16)
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