'Muse' definitions:
Definition of 'Muse'
From: WordNet
noun
In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
noun
The source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
verb
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" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]
Definition of 'Muse'
From: GCIDE
- Muse \Muse\, v. t.
- 1. To think on; to meditate on. [1913 Webster]
- Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muse'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Find a hare without a muse. --Old Prov. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muse'
From: GCIDE
- Muse \Muse\, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. Mosaic, n., Music.]
- 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural. At one time certain other goddesses were considered as muses. [1913 Webster]
- Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The names of the Muses and the arts they presided over were: Calliope (Epic poetry), Clio (History), Erato (Lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (Tragedy), Polymnia or Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A particular power and practice of poetry; the inspirational genius of a poet. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muse'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He mused upon some dangerous plot. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muse'
From: GCIDE
- Muse \Muse\, n.
- 1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Muse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflatus,
- Apollo,
- Apollo Musagetes,
- artistic imagination,
- Bragi,
- Calliope,
- Castilian Spring,
- Clio,
- conception,
- creative imagination,
- creative power,
- creative thought,
- creativity,
- daemon,
- daimonion,
- demon,
- divine afflatus,
- Erato,
- esemplastic imagination,
- esemplastic power,
- Euterpe,
- fire of genius,
- Geist,
- genius,
- Helicon,
- Hippocrene,
- inspiration,
- Melpomene,
- muse,
- mythicization,
- mythification,
- mythopoeia,
- Orpheus,
- Parnassus,
- Pierian Spring,
- Pierides,
- poesy,
- poetic genius,
- poetic imagination,
- Polyhymnia,
- Polymnia,
- sacred Nine,
- shaping imagination,
- soul,
- spirit,
- talent,
- Terpsichore,
- Thalia,
- the Muses,
- the Nine,
- tuneful Nine
Synonyms of 'muse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absence of mind,
- absentmindedness,
- absorption,
- abstractedness,
- abstraction,
- allude to,
- artistic imagination,
- bard,
- be absent,
- be abstracted,
- bemusement,
- blurt,
- blurt out,
- brood,
- brood over,
- brown study,
- call attention to,
- Calliope,
- castle-building,
- chaw,
- chew over,
- chew the cud,
- Clio,
- cogitate,
- comment,
- conception,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- creative imagination,
- creative power,
- creative thought,
- daydream,
- daydreamer,
- daydreaming,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- depth of thought,
- digest,
- divagate,
- dream,
- dreaming,
- engrossment,
- Erato,
- esemplastic imagination,
- esemplastic power,
- Euterpe,
- evaluate,
- exclaim,
- excogitate,
- fantasy,
- fantasying,
- fit of abstraction,
- genius,
- go woolgathering,
- inspiration,
- interject,
- introspect,
- let drop,
- let fall,
- make reference to,
- meditate,
- Melpomene,
- mention,
- moon,
- mooning,
- moonraking,
- mull over,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- muted ecstasy,
- mythicization,
- mythification,
- mythopoeia,
- note,
- observe,
- opine,
- Parnassian,
- perpend,
- pipe dream,
- pipe-dream,
- pipe-dreaming,
- play around with,
- play with,
- poetic imagination,
- Polyhymnia,
- ponder,
- preoccupation,
- refer to,
- reflect,
- remark,
- reverie,
- revolve,
- roll,
- ruminate,
- shaping imagination,
- speak,
- speculate,
- stargaze,
- stargazing,
- stray,
- study,
- Terpsichore,
- Thalia,
- think about,
- think over,
- toy with,
- trance,
- turn over,
- Walter Mitty,
- wander,
- weigh,
- woolgathering