MUSE

I. verb (~d; musing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to gape, idle, ~, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become absorbed in thought, wonder , marvel , transitive verb to think or say reflectively, see: ponder ~r noun II. noun Date: 15th century a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa Date: 14th century any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences, a source of inspiration, poet