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1. One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; often used in the plural. "Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing?" (Pope)
The names of the Muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia or Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania.
2. A particular power and practice of poetry.
3. A poet; a bard.
Origin: F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. Cf. Mosaic, Music.
(01 Mar 1998)
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