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muse

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[ myooz ]

verb (used without object)

mused, musing.
  1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly.


verb (used with object)

mused, musing.
  1. to meditate on.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon.

Muse

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[ myooz ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology.
    1. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
    2. any goddess presiding over a particular art.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.
  3. (lowercase) the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.

MUSE

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abbreviation for

  1. Mainstream U.S. English: a dialect of American English that is considered to be standard or unmarked by dialectal variation in pronunciation, syntactic structures, or vocabulary, and that is heard in newscasts and taught in schools.

Muse

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/ 尘箩耻藧锄 /

noun

  1. Greek myth any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

muse

2

/ 尘箩耻藧锄 /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by on or about to reflect (about) or ponder (on), usually in silence
  2. intr to gaze thoughtfully
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. archaic.
    a state of abstraction
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

muse

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/ 尘箩耻藧锄 /

noun

  1. a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘耻蝉别蹿耻濒, adjective
  • 藞尘耻蝉别谤, noun
  • 藞尘耻蝉别蹿耻濒ly, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘耻蝉顎侥谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of muse1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English musen 鈥渢o mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished,鈥 from Middle French muser, perhaps ultimately derivative of Medieval Latin 尘奴蝉耻尘 鈥渟苍辞耻迟鈥; muzzle

Origin of muse2

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English Muse, from Middle French, from Latin 惭奴蝉补, from Greek 惭辞没蝉补

Origin of muse3

First recorded in 1995鈥2000; by abbreviation
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of muse1

C14: from Old French muser, perhaps from mus snout, from Medieval Latin 尘奴蝉耻蝉

Origin of muse2

C14: from Old French, from Latin 惭奴蝉补, from Greek Mousa a Muse
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The Washington Post called Sheinbaum 鈥渢he world鈥檚 leading Trump whisperer,鈥 while the New York Times mused she might be 鈥渢he anti-Trump.鈥

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Tilson Thomas has made a practice of musing about what happens when the music stops.

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Frontier characters with colorful language come and go in spurts of saloon musing and fireside dialogue.

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鈥淎ll the things that might not be learned,鈥 she mused wistfully.

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In the galleries, Coltrane is divinity itself, the muse, where a muse is someone who remains silent so that you can speak for her as you wish.

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