muse

Of a person: a source of inspiration.

• Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.

A poet; a bard.archaic

• My toung-tide Muſe in manners holds her ſtill, While comments of your praiſe richly compil'd, Reſerue their Character with goulden quill, And precious phraſe by all the Muſes fil’d.
• So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn

To become lost in thought, to ponder.intransitive

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

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To think on; to meditate on.transitive

• Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.

To wonder at.transitive

• Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end.

An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

• He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.

A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

• Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)