All 6 Uses of
muse
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- She looked a long time at a smiling picture that was set in it and said musingly: —The beautiful Mabel Hunter!†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- A flame began to flutter again on Stephen's cheek as he heard in this proud address an echo of his own proud musings.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1) *
- His soul had loved to muse in secret on this desire.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *
- In that dim life which he had lived through in his musings he had assumed the voices and gestures which he had noted with various priests.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- All through his boyhood he had mused upon that which he had so often thought to be his destiny and when the moment had come for him to obey the call he had turned aside, obeying a wayward instinct.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- —So then, Cranly went on musingly, you were born in the lap of luxury.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(2) (muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddesseditor's notes: The 9 muses were the daughters of the Greek gods Zeus & Mnemosyne. Each of the muses was thought to inspire and preside over one of the arts.