MUSE (3)

Muse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Musing.] [[F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See Morsel, and cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]] 1. 1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. “Thereon mused he.” Chaucer.
He mused upon some dangerous plot. Sir P. Sidney. 2. 2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study. Daniel.
3. 3. To wonder. Spenser. B. Jonson.
Syn. — To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder.