n.
Pronunciation: ' myüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form: mused ; mus · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French muser to gape, idle, muse, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 : to become absorbed in thought especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively
2 archaic : WONDER , MARVEL
transitive verb : to think or say reflectively
synonyms see PONDER
– mus · er noun