Noun
the source of an artist''s inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"

Noun
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

Verb
reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

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n.
A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

n.
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.

n.
A particular power and practice of poetry.

n.
A poet; a bard.

n.
To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

n.
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.

n.
To wonder.

v. t.
To think on; to meditate on.

v. t.
To wonder at.

n.
Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.

n.
Wonder, or admiration.

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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.

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?

&hand; 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.

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.

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.

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

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.

To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

To think on; to meditate on.

Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.