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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.
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Find a hare without a muse. --Old Prov.
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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.
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Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring:
What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope.
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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).
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2. A particular power and practice of poetry; the
inspirational genius of a poet. --Shak.
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3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton.
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Muse \Muse\, v. t.
1. To think on; to meditate on.
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Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
--Thomson.
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2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Muse \Muse\, n.
1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing
scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown
study. --Milton.
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2. Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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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.
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He mused upon some dangerous plot. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
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Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See {Ponder}.
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