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Noun
S:
(n)
Muse
(in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science)
S:
(n)
muse
(the source of an artist's inspiration)
"Euterpe was his muse"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
chew over
,
think over
,
meditate
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ponder
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excogitate
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contemplate
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muse
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reflect
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mull
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mull over
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ruminate
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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"