1. [n]  the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
2. [n]  in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
3. [v]  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"

Muse
A series of poems about T. S. Eliot`s infamously beleaguered first wife Vivian Eliot is among the work collected in this debut volume that confronts the intersection of art and life.

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1. \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.
         Find a hare without a muse.              --Old Prov.
   

2. \Muse\, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. {Mosaic}, n.,
   {Music}.]
   1. (Class. Myth.) 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.
            Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What
            Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope.
   Note: The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato,
         Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or Polyhymnia,
         Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.
   2. A particular power and practice of poetry. --Shak.
   3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton.
   

3. \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.
            He mused upon some dangerous plot.    --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
   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.
   3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.
   Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See {Ponder}.
   

4. \Muse\, v. t.
   1. To think on; to meditate on.
            Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
                                                  --Thomson.
   2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.
   

5. \Muse\, n.
   1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing
      scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown
      study. --Milton.
   2. Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] --Spenser.
   

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