muse

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a person

   Of a person: a source of inspiration.

   • Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.
2. 2

   A poet

   A poet; a bard.

   • 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.
   • So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn
3. 3

   To become lost in thought, to ponder.

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   1. 4

      To say (something) with due consideration or thought.

      • When I asked about her affinity for playing self-obsessed artists, O’Hara mused: “Maybe I’m just trying to get it out of my system. I’m so afraid to be like that.”
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse.
   2. 5

      To think on

      To think on; to meditate on.

      • Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
   3. 6

      To wonder at.

      • Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end.
   4. 7

      An act of musing

      An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

      • still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
      • And with this Alan fell into a muse, and for a long time sate^([sic]) very sad and silent.
      • He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.
   5. 8

      A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass

      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)
   6. 9

      One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.

      • And hears the Muſes in a ring, Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.
   7. 10

      A city in Shan State, Myanmar.

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