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Meanings of muse in English

Portuguese
contemplar
Catalan
reflexionar
Spanish
reflexionar

Reflect deeply on a subject.

      contemplar
      Russian
      муза
      Spanish
      musa

      Person who inspires another person to creative achievement/work.

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              муза

              European proposal for a dedicated mission to the planet Uranus.

                    Usage of muse in English
                    1
                    Larsen's muse is the cold, oft-traveled waters that separate Britain from France.
                    Wired
                    2
                    In this garden the muse of Andrew Marvell blossomed like the cherry-tree.
                    Andrew Marvell
                    3
                    Suffering from writer's block, Shakespeare is in need of a new muse.
                    The South African
                    4
                    The contests were not confined to the effusions of the poetical muse.
                    Life and Letters of Robert Browning
                    5
                    The muse woke the muses, and the day grew bright and eventful.
                    Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
                    6
                    Right now it was just an artist's essential suffering, a perverted muse.
                    The Neutronium Alchemist
                    7
                    After the invocation to the muse he thinks he hears her playing:
                    The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
                    8
                    It was now that the pair began to muse on the dénouement.
                    The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 30, June 1893 / An Illustrat...
                    9
                    In school I can look at her and muse over days departed.
                    Anne of Green Gables
                    10
                    The muse after that may dispose of the woman as she pleases.
                    Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
                    11
                    From her muse she was roused by the halting of the carriage.
                    The Unwilling Vestal
                    12
                    But Owens wanted a place to muse at length on her obsession.
                    Wired
                    13
                    She has sung to you and given you dreams to muse on.
                    Wizard at Large
                    14
                    Iydahoe was immediately lost in the muse, felt his despair sloughing away.
                    The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
                    15
                    I sit and muse in wonder, what gift is this of thine.
                    Gitanjali
                    16
                    If I can delude the woman through the muse, I am satisfied.
                    Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
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                    Translations for muse
                    Russian
                    муза
                    Muse through the time
                    Muse across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common