Definition of muse

"muse" in the noun sense

1. Muse

in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne protector of an art or science

2. muse

the source of an artist's inspiration

"Euterpe was his muse"

"muse" in the verb sense

1. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

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"

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Quotations for muse

Find you without excuse,
And find a hare without a muse. [ Proverb ]

'Tis sweet, as year by year we lose
Friends out of sight, in faith to muse
How grows in Paradise our store. [ Keble ]

Then, rising with Aurora's light,
The muse invoked, sit down to write;
Blot out, correct, insert, refine.
Enlarge, diminish, interline;
Be mindful, when invention fails.
To scratch your head and bite your nails. [ Swift ]

Wisdom's path is steep; but, gained the height,
The Muse's gifts will fill you with delight. [ Onestes ]

Within a bony, labyrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and mystic sense is found,
Muse, that presides over all the powers of sound. [ Abraham Coles ]

Rhyme without melody and sense is an abortion of the muse. [ Iscanus ]

A greater succession of events presents itself to my muse. [ Virgil ]

Memory is a Muse in herself; or rather the mother of the Muses. [ ? ]

I honor health as the first muse, and sleep as the first condition. [ Emerson ]

Oh for a muse of fire that would ascend the highest heaven of invention! [ William Shakespeare ]

Sweet the young muse with love intense. Which smiles over sleeping innocence. [ Smart ]

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented. [ Beaconsfield ]

muse in Scrabble®

The word muse is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters muse:

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muse in Words With Friends™

The word muse is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters muse:

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Word Growth involving muse

Shorter words in muse

mu mus

us mus

us use

Longer words containing muse

amuse amused amusedly

amuse amused unamused

amuse amusement amusements

amuse amusement unamusement

amuse amuses calamuses

amuse amuses hippopotamuses

amuse amuses ignoramuses

bemuse bemused bemusedly

bemuse bemusement bemusements

bemuse bemuses

mused amused amusedly

mused amused unamused

mused bemused bemusedly

museless

muselike

museographer museographers

museographic museographical museographically

museographist museographists

museography

museological museologically

museologies

museologist museologists

museology

museophile museophiles

museophilic

muser musers

muses amuses calamuses

muses amuses hippopotamuses

muses amuses ignoramuses

muses bemuses

muses exophthalmuses

muses isthmuses

muses litmuses

muses thymuses

museum museums