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.
Muse , v. t. 1. To
think on; to
meditate on.
Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
Thomson.
2. To wonder at. [Obs.]
Shak.
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.
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.
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. &fist; 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.
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.
Hear it pronounced