muse

  • 41muse — muse1 [mju:z] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: muser, from muse mouth of an animal ; MUZZLE1] 1.) [T] to say something in a way that shows you are thinking about it carefully ▪ Somewhere, he mused, I ve heard your name before. 2.) to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42muse — {{11}}muse (n.) late 14c., protectors of the arts, from O.Fr. Muse and directly from L. Musa, from Gk. Mousa, the Muse, also music, song, from PIE root *men to think, remember (see MIND (Cf. mind) (n.)). Meaning inspiring goddess of a particular… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 43muse — be·muse; be·muse·ment; cor·ne·muse; muse·ful; muse·less; muse; muse·ful·ly; …

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  • 44muse — I UK [mjuːz] / US [mjuz] verb Word forms muse : present tense I/you/we/they muse he/she/it muses present participle musing past tense mused past participle mused a) [intransitive] to think about something in a careful slow way muse on/about/over …

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  • 45Muse —    I Romani assimimilarono le Muse con le loro antiche divinità locali chiamate Camene e che erano ninfe delle sorgenti e delle acque venerate presso il boschetto di Porta Capena. Figlie di Zeus e di Mnemosine (che significa Memoria). Il sommo… …

    Dizionario dei miti e dei personaggi della Grecia antica

  • 46muse — muse1 [ mjuz ] verb intransitive muse on/about/over to think about something in a careful slow way: He mused upon his relationship with his own father. a. transitive to say something in a way that shows that you have been thinking carefully about …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47muse — [[t]mju͟ːz[/t]] muses, musing, mused 1) VERB If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. [WRITTEN] [V on/about/over n] Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President... [V… …

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  • 48Muse — Mu|se 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 jede der neun grch. Göttinnen der Künste u. Wissenschaften; die Muse der Tanzkunst, der Musik usw.; die heitere, ernste Muse 〈fig.〉 heitere, ernste Kunst [Etym.: <grch. mousa »Muse; Kunst, künstler. Tätigkeit«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 49Muse — 1. Die Musen lieben die Veränderung. Lat.: Amant alterna Camoena. (Philippi, I, 23.) 2. Wollen die Musen fröhlich sein, kehren sie bei Bacchus ein. – Gaal, 1692. *3. Allen Musen zum Trotz. – Eiselein, 478. It.: Allo dispetto delle Muse. (Eiselein …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 50muse — v. (D; intr.) to muse about, over, upon * * * [mjuːz] over upon (D; intr.) to muse about …

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