All 12 Uses

muse
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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Tomorrow, I mused.†
Book 1
"That's something old and something blue," Alice mused, taking a few steps back to admire me.†
Book 1 *
"I wonder if he'll want anything else," she mused.†
Book 2
"I wonder what Bella will think—whose side she'll take," Carlisle mused.†
Book 3
"You are quite controlled," Carlisle mused.†
Book 3
"If Irina had not come so soon," Edward mused, "we could have avoided all of this.†
Book 3
"She is special, that little one," Tanya mused.†
Book 3
"I wonder...," Eleazar mused.†
Book 3
He must want them very badly," Eleazar mused.†
Book 3
"Maybe I should invite Billy, too," Charlie mused.†
Book 3
And bad," he mused.†
Book 3
"I must make the deciding vote, it seems," Aro mused.†
Book 3

Definitions:

(1) (muse as in: her musings)
reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
(2) (muse as in: She was his muse)
the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddess

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.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, muse is used as a synonym for "poet". In Shakespeare's time, muse could be used in the sense of being astonished or puzzled by something strange or unexpected.