All 4 Uses of
muse
in
Throne of Glass
- "I don't need to worry," the woman mused.†
p. 60.3 *mused = thought -- possibly aloud
- "What was your purpose in telling me to do those things?" she mused aloud, her voice echoing off of the intricately carved walls.†
p. 193.4
- "The assassin ...," his father mused.†
p. 374.6
- "Celaena Sardothien, the King's Champion," he mused.†
p. 404.6
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 goddessThe 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.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.