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    muse
    I
    muse1 /mjuːz/ verb
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: muser, from muse 'mouth of an animal'; ⇨ muzzle1
    1. [transitive] to say something in a way that shows you are thinking about it carefully:
        ‘Somewhere,’ he mused, ‘I’ve heard your name before.’
    2. [intransitive] to think about something for a long time
       SYN  ponder
        muse on/over/about/upon
        He mused on how different his life would have been, had he not met Louisa.
    —musing noun [uncountable and countable]:
        her gloomy musings
    —musingly adverb

    II
    muse2 noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: French
     Origin: Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa
    1. someone’s muse is the force or person that makes them want to write, paint, or make music, and helps them to have good ideas
       SYN  inspiration:
        Rossetti’s wife and creative muse
    2. (also Muse) one of the nine ancient Greek goddesses who each represented a particular art or science:
        the Muse of History