museth

Verb

muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused)

1. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

   Synonyms:

   afterthink, agitate, bethink, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate

2. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
   • When I asked about her affinity for playing self-obsessed artists, O’Hara mused: “Maybe I’m just trying to get it out of my system. I’m so afraid to be like that.”2026 January 30, Judy Berman, “Catherine O’Hara Portrayed the Vain and Delusional With a Radical Lack of Vanity”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026
3. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
   • Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.c. 1726, James Thomson, Hymn
4. (transitive) To wonder at.
   • Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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