Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: muse
IPA transcription: [mj'uz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Muse
    Meaning: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chew_over, think_over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull_over, ruminate, speculate
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • It was here that Tom Towers lived, and cultivated with eminent success the tenth Muse who now governs the periodical press.
  • In like manner the Muse first of all inspires men herself; and from these inspired persons a chain of other persons is suspended, who take the inspiration.
  • Many sickly ones have there always been among those who muse, and languish for God; violently they hate the discerning ones, and the latest of virtues, which is uprightness.
  • "Such dancing we have never seen," said Orpheus; "and your singer is a happy man; for Phoebus himself must have taught him, or else he is the son of a Muse; as I am also, and have sung once or twice, though not so well as he."
  • Those who have adopted a life of seclusion from sudden and overstrained enthusiasm, or in hasty resentment of some disappointment or mortification, are very miserable. The quickness of sensation soon returns, and like the wilder animals in a menagerie, they are restless under confinement, while others muse or fatten in cells of no larger dimensions than theirs."