Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French muser to gape, idle, muse, from muse mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus
Pronunciation : 'myüz
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. poet's source of inspiration; (Greek Mythology) any of nine goddesses who are associated with inspiration and creativity for the arts (poetry, music, fine art, etc.). ponder on reflectively, meditate on something in silent wonder, think about pensively. muse\muse\, n.
2. contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
3. wonder, or admiration. [obs.]muse \muse\, n. [f. muse, l. musa, gr. . cf. mosaic, n., music.].
4. (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?note: the names of the muses were calliope, clio, erato, euterpe, melpomene, polymnia or polyhymnia, terpsichore, thalia, and urania.
5. a particular power and practice of poetry.
6. a poet; a bard. [r.]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.].
7. to think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "thereon mused he." he mused upon some dangerous plot. sidney.
8. 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.
9. to wonder. [obs.] b. jonson.
10. A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
11. 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.
12. A particular power and practice of poetry.
13. A poet; a bard.
14. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
15. 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.
16. To wonder.
17. To think on; to meditate on.
18. To wonder at.
19. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
20. Wonder, or admiration. the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science.
21. 1. If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President `As a whole,' she muses, `the `organized church' turns me off' He once mused that he would have voted Labour in 1964 had he been old enough. + musing musings mus·ing His musings were interrupted by Montagu who came and sat down next to him.
22. A muse is a person, usually a woman, who gives someone, usually a man, a desire to create art, poetry, or music, and gives them ideas for it. Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse. In Greco-Roman religion and myth, any of a group of sister goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). A festival was held in their honour every four years near Mount Helicon, the centre of their cult in Greece. They probably began as the patron goddesses of poets, though later their range was extended to include all the liberal arts and sciences. Nine Muses are usually named: Calliope (heroic or epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric or love poetry), Euterpe (music or flutes), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry or mime), Terpsichore (dancing and choral song), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy).
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