intransitive verb. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in thought.

intransitive verb. To consider or say thoughtfully.

noun. A state of reflection.

noun. In Greek myth, one of the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who according to the earliest writers were goddesses of memory, then inspiring goddesses of song, and according to later ideas divinities presiding over the different kinds of poetry, and over the sciences and arts, while at the same time having as their especial province springs and limpid streams.

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noun. [cap. or lowercase] An inspiring power; poetic inspiration: often spoken of and apostrophized by poets as a goddess.

noun. A poet; a bard.

noun. The act of musing; meditation; reverie; absent-mindedness; contemplative thought.

noun. Wonder; surprise.

noun. An opening in a fence through which a hare or other game is accustomed to pass. Also muset.

noun. A loophole; a means of escape.

noun. The mouthpiece or wind-pipe of a bagpipe. Also written smuse.

To ponder; meditate; reflect continuously and in silence; be in a brown study.

To be astonished; be surprised; wonder.

To gaze meditatively.

Synonyms Meditate, reflect, etc. (see list under contemplate), cogitate, ruminate, brood.

To meditate on; think of reflectively.

To wonder at.

noun. A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

noun. 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.

noun. A particular power and practice of poetry; the inspirational genius of a poet.

noun. A poet; a bard.

noun. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.

noun. Wonder, or admiration.

intransitive verb. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.

intransitive verb. 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.

intransitive verb. To wonder.

transitive verb. To think on; to meditate on.

transitive verb. To wonder at.

verb. To become lost in thought, to ponder.

verb. To say (something) with due consideration or thought.

noun. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

noun. A source of inspiration.

noun. A poet.

noun. the source of an artist's inspiration

noun. in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

verb. reflect deeply on a subject

"KSA-Best of a happy muse writing that novel. *whispering so as not to startle your muse* *G* It is a very different mind set writing different lengths."

in a muse  

muser  museum  music  musing  

germ  seed  source  

Chartreuse  Cruz  Druse  Druze  Hughes  

bard  elegance  eloquence  genius  goddess  

Calliope  Clio  Erato  Euterpe  Melpomene  

mused  muses  musing