Толковый словарь английского языка - muse
Muse
muse
I. verb (~d; musing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r to gape, idle, ~, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become absorbed in thought, wonder , marvel , transitive verb to think or say reflectively, see: ponder ~r noun II. noun Date: 15th century a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa Date: 14th century any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences, a source of inspiration, poet
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1. n. 1 (as the Muses) (in Greek and Roman mythology) nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who inspire poetry, music, drama, etc. 2 (usu. prec. by the) a a poet's inspiring goddess. b a poet's genius. Etymology: ME f. OF muse or L musa f. Gk mousa 2. v. & n. literary --v. 1 intr. a (usu. foll. by on, upon) ponder, reflect. b (usu. foll. by on) gaze meditatively (on a scene etc.). 2 tr. say meditatively. --n. archaic a fit of abstraction. Etymology: ME f. OF muser to waste time f. Rmc perh. f. med.L musum muzzle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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