All 3 Uses of
muse
in
Emma
- He sat musing a little while, and then said, "But I do not see why poor Isabella should be obliged to go back so soon, though he does.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- Mr. Weston was musing.†
Chpt 2.17-18 *
- The contrast between Mrs. Churchill's importance in the world, and Jane Fairfax's, struck her; one was every thing, the other nothing—and she sat musing on the difference of woman's destiny, and quite unconscious on what her eyes were fixed, till roused by Miss Bates's saying, "Aye, I see what you are thinking of, the pianoforte.†
Chpt 3.7-8
Definition:
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(muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud