MUSE (2)

muse (2). Muse, v.i. to ponder, think close, pause, wonder

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Muse, n. [[F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. �. Cf. Mosaic, n., Music.]] 1. 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; — often used in the plural.
Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? Pope. ☞ The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. 2. 2. A particular power and practice of poetry. Shak.
3. 3. A poet; a bard. Milton.