{i} poet's source of inspiration; (Greek Mythology) any of nine goddesses who are associated with inspiration and creativity for the arts (poetry, music, fine art, etc.)
{f} ponder on reflectively, meditate on something in silent wonder, think about pensively
(n ) See also MUD Acronym for Multi User Simulated Environments Another specific implementation of a MUD system, hosted at BBN/GTE Internetworking, MUSEs support multiple participants collaborating in real time to construct a virtual world
A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset
A muse is a person, usually a woman, who gives someone, usually a man, a desire to create art, poetry, or music, and gives them ideas for it. Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse. In Greco-Roman religion and myth, any of a group of sister goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). A festival was held in their honour every four years near Mount Helicon, the centre of their cult in Greece. They probably began as the patron goddesses of poets, though later their range was extended to include all the liberal arts and sciences. Nine Muses are usually named: Calliope (heroic or epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric or love poetry), Euterpe (music or flutes), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry or mime), Terpsichore (dancing and choral song), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy)
(Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO, MUD
One of the nine daughters of Zeus who preside over the arts and inspire humankind in Greek mythology (Webster's)
One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; often used in the plural
If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President `As a whole,' she muses, `the `organized church' turns me off' He once mused that he would have voted Labour in 1964 had he been old enough. + musing musings mus·ing His musings were interrupted by Montagu who came and sat down next to him
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"
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
(Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study
the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
(Multi-User Shared Environment) -- A kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
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(Gk- a Muse, music, eloquence; pron myooz): in Greek mythology, a goddess of artistic inspiration; any of the nine nymphs or inferior divinities who supervised and inspired the fine and liberal arts, including history, poetry, comedy, music,dancing, rhetoric, sacred hymns, and harmony