Thesaurus: muse

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1. n. A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A particular power and practice of poetry.
4. n. A poet; a bard.
5. n. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
6. n. 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.
7. n. To wonder.
8. v. t. To think on; to meditate on.
9. v. t. To wonder at.
10. n. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
11. n. Wonder, or admiration.
12. n. in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science