Muse

mūz, v.i. to study in silence: to be absent-minded: to meditate.— n. deep thought: contemplation: absence of mind: the inspiring power, as of a poet.— adj. Mused , bemused, muzzy, fuddled.— n. Mus′er .— adv. Mus′ingly . [Fr. muser , to loiter (It. musare ); acc. to Diez and Skeat, from O. Fr. muse (Fr. museau ), the snout of an animal. Others explain Fr. muser as from Low L. mu āre —L. mu āre , to murmur.]