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Muse, n. [F. Muse, L.
Musa, Gr. &?;. Cf. Mosaic, n.,
Music.] 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?

&fist; The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio,
Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or
Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and
Urania.

2. A particular power and practice of
poetry. Shak.

3. A poet; a bard. [R.]
Milton.

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.


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