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English Dictionary: Muse	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Muse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muse n in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" v 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" Synonym(s): chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Thereon mused he.[b8] --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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Muse, OK Zip code(s): 74949
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Muse {OR-parallel} {logic programming}. [Details?] (1995-03-16)