muse

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

muse [muse muses mused musing] noun, verb BrE [mjuːz] NAmE [mjuːz]
noun
1. a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things
Syn: ↑inspiration
•He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.).
2. Muse(in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature

Word Origin:
n. late Middle English Old French Latin musa Greek mousa ‘muse’ v. Middle English Old French muser ‘meditate, waste time’ medieval Latin musum ‘muzzle’
 
verb (formal)
1. intransitive ~ (about/on/over/upon sth) to think carefully about sth for a time, ignoring what is happening around you
Syn: ↑ponder
•I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
see also ↑musing
2. transitive + speech | ~ that… to say sth to yourself in a way that shows you are thinking carefully about it
•‘I wonder why?’ she mused.
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Word Origin:
n. late Middle English Old French Latin musa Greek mousa ‘muse’ v. Middle English Old French muser ‘meditate, waste time’ medieval Latin musum ‘muzzle’