Muse

//mjuz// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Shan State, Myanmar.
Noun
  1. 1
    Of a person: a source of inspiration.

    "Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse."

  2. 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. 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. 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. 5
    the source of an artist's inspiration wordnet
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  1. 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."

  2. 7
    in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To become lost in thought, to ponder. intransitive
  2. 2
    reflect deeply on a subject wordnet
  3. 3
    To say (something) with due consideration or thought. transitive

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse."

  4. 4
    To think on; to meditate on. transitive

    "Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise."

  5. 5
    To wonder at. transitive

    "Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

Etymology 2

From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.

Etymology 3

From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.

Etymology 4

From French musse. See muset.

Etymology 5

From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Shan မူႇၸေႊ (mùu tse᷈e).

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