MUSE
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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, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. &unr_;. 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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&hand_; 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, 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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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, 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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