Muse - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|mjuːz|
Brit.
|mjuːz|
noun
- in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- the source of an artist's inspiration
- the source of an artist's inspiration
Euterpe was his muse
verb
- reflect deeply on a subject (syn: contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over)
Extra examples
I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go?
And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.
'Somewhere,' he mused, 'I've heard your name before.'
He mused on how different his life would have been, had he not met Louisa.
Rossetti's wife and creative muse
Euterpe was his muse
...the portrait painter's muse for the goddess of love was apparently a common strumpet...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: muse
he/she/it: muses
present participle: musing
past tense: mused
past participle: mused
I/you/we/they: muse
he/she/it: muses
present participle: musing
past tense: mused
past participle: mused
noun
singular: muse
plural: muses
singular: muse
plural: muses
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