muse

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. ponder, meditate, dream, ruminate. See thought.

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(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. ponder, meditate, reflect; see think 1 .

n.

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

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

inspiration, genius, creativity, talent.

II

v.

ponder, meditate, reflect, ruminate, consider, mull over, brood, cogitate, chew, weigh, study, think about, turn over in one's mind, deliberate, speculate.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To experience dreams or daydreams: daydream, dream, fantasize, woolgather. See REAL. 2. 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.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. One who writes poetry: bard, poet, poetaster, poetess, rhymer, rhymester, versifier. See WORDS. 2. 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.