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Muse
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- 1 A city in Shan State, Myanmar.
- 1 Of a person: a source of inspiration.
"Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse."
- 2 An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
"still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake."
- 3 A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
"Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)"
- 4 One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
"And hears the Muſes in a ring, Ay round about Joves Altar ſing."
- 5 the source of an artist's inspiration wordnet
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- 6 A poet; a bard. archaic
"My toung-tide Muſe in manners holds her ſtill, While comments of your praiſe richly compil'd, Reſerue their Character with goulden quill, And precious phraſe by all the Muſes fil’d."
- 7 in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science wordnet
- 1 To become lost in thought, to ponder. intransitive
- 2 reflect deeply on a subject wordnet
- 3 To say (something) with due consideration or thought. transitive
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse."
- 4 To think on; to meditate on. transitive
"Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise."
- 5 To wonder at. transitive
"Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end."
Etymology
From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).
From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.
From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.
From French musse. See muset.
From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).
Borrowed from Shan မူႇၸေႊ (mùu tse᷈e).
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