All 3 Uses of
muse
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.
Chpt 42-06 (definition 1) *musings = thoughts
- I can name the nine Muses and the seven loves of Zeus.
Chpt 44-04 (definition 2) *muses = mythological goddesses thought to inspire artists
- They'll probably call it "The Musings of an Ugly Duckling."
Chpt 44-04 (definition 1)musings = thoughts
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.