Main Entry: ¹muse

Pronunciation: \ˈmyüz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): mused; mus·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French muser to gape, idle, muse, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 : to become absorbed in thought; especially : to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively
2 archaic : wonder, marveltransitive verb : to think or say reflectively

synonyms see ponder

— mus·er noun