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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

Muse
     n 1: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and
          Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science [syn: Muse]
     2: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his
        muse"
     v : 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" [syn: chew
         over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogotate,
         contemplate, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate,
          speculate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Muse \Muse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mused; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Musing.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand
   with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L.
   morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See Morsel, and
   cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]
   1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
      ``Thereon mused he.'' --Chaucer.

            He mused upon some dangerous plot.    --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   2. 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. --Daniel.

   3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.

   Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder.
Muse \Muse\, v. t.
   1. To think on; to meditate on.

            Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
                                                  --Thomson.

   2. To wonder at. [Obs.] --Shak.
Muse \Muse\, n. [From F. musse. See Muset.]
   A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through
   which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

         Find a hare without a muse.              --Old Prov.
Muse \Muse\, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. Mosaic, n.,
   Music.]
   1. (Class. Myth.) 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.

            Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What
            Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? --Pope.

   Note: The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato,
         Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or Polyhymnia,
         Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.

   2. A particular power and practice of poetry. --Shak.

   3. A poet; a bard. [R.] --Milton.
Muse \Muse\, n.
   1. Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing
      scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown
      study. --Milton.

   2. Wonder, or admiration. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

Muse

   <language> OR-parallel logic programming.

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   (1995-03-16)

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Muse, OK
  Zip code(s): 74949