- Muse - in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
--1 is a kind of Greek deity
--1 has particulars:Calliope; Clio; Erato; Euterpe; Melpomene; Polyhymnia; Terpsichore; Thalia; Urania - muse - the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
--2 is a kind of source, seed, germ
Derived form: verb muse1 - muse - the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
- chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
--1 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun muse2, noun muser1, noun musing1
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