| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  my z |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: mused, mus·ing, mus·es
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To consider or say thoughtfully: mused that it might take longer to drive than walk. | | NOUN: | A state of meditation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English musen, from Old French muser (possibly from mus, snout, from Medieval Latin m sum) and , or of Germanic origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | mus er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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