muse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person or thing that gives an artist ideas and inspiration.

   The painter said his wife was his muse.

2. 2
   verb

   To think about something carefully and quietly.

   She sat by the window, musing on her plans for the future.

From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).

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