Textual thesaurus for "muse"

(noun) Muse

in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

(verb) chew over, reflect, ponder, think over, speculate, ruminate, mull, mull over, excogitate, contemplate, meditate

reflect deeply on a subject

I mulled over the events of the afternoon; philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years; The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate