What does MUSE mean?
Definitions for MUSE
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Princeton's WordNet
Musenoun
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
museverb
the source of an artist's inspiration
"Euterpe was his muse"
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb
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"
Wiktionary
Musenoun
One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
Etymology: From muse, from Musa, from Μοῦσα.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Musenoun
Etymology: from the verb.
The tidings strange did him abashed make,
That still he sat long time astonished
As in great muse, ne word to creature spake. Fa. Queen.He was fill’d
With admiration and deep muse, to hear
Of things so high and strange. John Milton.Begin my muse. Abraham Cowley.
The muse-inspired train.
Triumph, and raise their drooping heads again. Edmund Waller.Lodona’s fate, in long oblivion cast,
The muse shall sing. Alexander Pope.To MUSEverb
Etymology: muser, Fr. muysen, Dutch; musso, Latin.
If he spake courteously, he angled the people’s hearts; if he were silent, he mused upon some dangerous plot. Philip Sidney.
St. Augustine, speaking of devout men, noteth, how they daily frequented the church, how attentive ear they give unto the chapters read, how careful they were to remember the same, and to muse thereupon by themselves. Richard Hooker.
Cæsar’s father oft,
When he hath mus’d of taking kingdoms in,
Bestow’d his lips on that unworthy place,
As it rain’d kisses. William Shakespeare.My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and my heart muse of understanding. Psalm xlix. v. 3.
Her face upon a sudden glittered, so that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be. 2 Esdras x. 25.
All men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ or not. Luke iii. 15.
On these he mus’d within his thoughtful mind. Dryden.
We muse so much on the one, that we are apt to overlook and forget the other. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
Man superiour walks
Amid the glad creation, musing praise,
And looking lively gratitude. James Thomson, Spring.Why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeks?
And given my treasures and my rights of thee,
To thick-ey’d musing and curs’d melancholy. William Shakespeare.You suddenly arose and walk’d about,
Musing and sighing with yours arms across. William Shakespeare.The sad king
Feels sudden terror and cold shivering,
Lists not to eat, still muses, sleeps unsound. Daniel.Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed;
For what I will, I will. William Shakespeare.Do not muse at me,
I have a strange infirmity. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
ChatGPT
muse
A muse is a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. In ancient Greek mythology, the Muses are nine goddesses who symbolize the arts and sciences. The term can also be used verb where it means to be absorbed in thought or to consider something thoughtfully.
Webster Dictionary
Musenoun
a gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset
Musenoun
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
Musenoun
a particular power and practice of poetry
Musenoun
a poet; a bard
Musenoun
to think closely; to study in silence; to meditate
Musenoun
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
Musenoun
to wonder
Museverb
to think on; to meditate on
Museverb
to wonder at
Musenoun
contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study
Musenoun
wonder, or admiration
Etymology: [From F. musse. See Muset.]
Wikidata
Muse
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, which formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard. Since the release of their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations, keyboardist and percussionist Morgan Nicholls has performed live with the band. Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances and their fusion of many music genres, including space rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, classical music and electronica. Muse have released six studio albums: Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations, The Resistance and The 2nd Law. They have also issued three live albums, Hullabaloo Soundtrack, which is also a compilation of B-sides, Absolution Tour, and HAARP, which documents the band's performances at Wembley Stadium in 2007. Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006. Muse have also won a collection of music awards throughout their history, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, six Q Awards, eight NME Awards, two Brit Awards—winning "Best British Live Act" twice, an MTV Video Music Award, four Kerrang! Awards and an American Music Award. They were also nominated for five Grammy Awards, of which they won Best Rock Album, for their fifth studio album The Resistance. Muse have sold over 15 million albums worldwide.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Muse
mūz, v.i. to study in silence: to be absent-minded: to meditate.—n. deep thought: contemplation: absence of mind: the inspiring power, as of a poet.—adj. Mused, bemused, muzzy, fuddled.—n. Mus′er.—adv. Mus′ingly. [Fr. muser, to loiter (It. musare); acc. to Diez and Skeat, from O. Fr. muse (Fr. museau), the snout of an animal. Others explain Fr. muser as from Low L. mussāre—L. mussāre, to murmur.]
Muse
mūz, n. one of the nine goddesses of poetry, music, and the other liberal arts—daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne: an inspiring poetic inspiration: (Milt.) an inspired poet.—Names of the Muses:—Calliope, of epic poetry; Clio, of history; Erato, of amatory poetry; Euterpe, of lyric poetry; Melpomene, of tragedy; Polyhymnia, of lyric poetry and eloquence; Terpsichore, of dancing; Thalia, of comedy; Urania, of astronomy. [Fr.,—L. musa—Gr. mousa.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Muse is ranked #2870 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Muse surname appeared 12,571 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Muse.
58.1% or 7,305 total occurrences were White.
36.3% or 4,575 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 300 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 248 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.6% or 85 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 59 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MUSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MUSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of MUSE in a Sentence
Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
Meghan carved this niche for supporting these sustainable fashion brands, people are now going to Meghan as a style muse...She crashes sites.
So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows...Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,Fool, said my Muse to me look in thy heart and write.
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- تأملArabic
- awenBreton
- múza, dumatCzech
- awenWelsh
- museDanish
- nachdenklich sagen, grübeln, nachsinnen, Muse, sinnierenGerman
- μούσαGreek
- muzoEsperanto
- musaSpanish
- الهه شعر و موسیقیPersian
- lausua, runotar, pohtia, mietiskellä, muusa, tuumia, haikaillaFinnish
- égérie, muse, songerFrench
- MuseIrish
- meòraichScottish Gaelic
- सरस्वतीHindi
- múzsaHungarian
- musaInterlingua
- merenungkanIndonesian
- museItalian
- 熟考する, 熟考, 瞑想するJapanese
- 뮤즈Korean
- MusaLatin
- MuseLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Muze, nadenken, mijmerenDutch
- museNorwegian
- muza, zastanawiać się, dumaćPolish
- divagar, musaPortuguese
- музаRussian
- муза, muzaSerbo-Croatian
- musaSwedish
- derin derin düşünmek, düşüncelere dalmak, düşünceye dalmakTurkish
- קלערןYiddish
- 沉思Chinese
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