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