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Another word for muse

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muse

v.

ponder, meditate, reflect; see think 1.

muse Synonyms

muse

n.

inspiration, stimulus, creative impulse, creative spirit, genius, poetic genius, talent.

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Another word for muse

verb

To experience dreams or daydreams:
daydream, dream, fantasize, woolgather. See real
To think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts

noun

One who writes poetry:
bard, poet, poetaster, poetess, rhymer, rhymester, versifier. See words
The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:
absent-mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, brown study, daydreaming, reverie, study, trance. See awareness

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CALLIOPE, the muse of epic poetry, so named from the sweetness of her vioce (Gr.
My Muse may be excused if she is silent henceforth.
The muse reassures her, and prophesies the downfall of the tyrant.
The popular legends of Sicily also inspired his muse; he was the first to introduce the shepherd Daphnis who came to a miserable end after he had proved faithless to the nymph who loved him.
The stirring incidents in the political emancipation of Portugal inspired his muse, and he describes the bitterness of exile, the adventurous expedition to Terceira, the heroic defence of Oporto, and the final combats of liberty.

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