[muse] vb mused ; mus.ing [ME, fr. MF muser to gape, idle, muse, fr. muse mouth of an animal, fr. ML musus] vi (14c) 1: to become absorbed in thought; esp: to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively
2. archaic: wonder, marvel ~ vt: to think or say reflectively syn see ponder -- mus.er n
[2]muse n (15c): a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction [3]muse n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L Musa, fr. Gk Mousa] (14c) 1 cap: any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences
2: a source of inspiration; esp: a guiding genius
3: poet