· in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
Synonym(s): Muse
Hypernym(s): Greek_deity
· the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
Hypernym(s): source, seed, germ
· reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Synonym(s): chew_over, think_over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, reflect, mull, mull_over, ruminate, speculate
Hypernym(s): think, cogitate, cerebrate