muse definitions

muse (myz)
  v. mused, mus·ing, mus·es.
  v. intr.

       To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. See Synonyms at ponder.

  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 m
   sum) or of Germanic origin.]

  musing·ly adv.


Muse (myz)
  n.

         1.Greek Mythology. Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom
            presided over a different art or science.
         2.muse
              a.A guiding spirit.
              b.A source of inspiration.
         3.muse. A poet.
 

  [Middle English from Old French from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa; see men-1 in Indo-European
  Roots.]


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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]

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