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Muses
Muses in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of love; Polyhymnia (or... Read more |
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The Tenth Muse
the tenth Muse a person or thing considered to be a source of inspiration comparable to one of the mythological Muses, especially in a particular field; the term is recorded from the early 17th century, in one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, and was used in 1650 by the poet Anne Bradstreet... Read more |
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Musee dOrsay
Musée d'Orsay, Paris. The French national museum of fine and applied arts from 1848 to 1914, opened in 1986. It is housed in a large building that was originally a railway station, the Gare d'Orsay (1897–1900). The main train service to it closed in 1939 and the building was... Read more |
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Aganippe
Aganippe , in Greek mythology, nymph. Her spring on Mt. Helicon, sacred to the Muses , gave poetic inspiration to all who drank from it.... Read more |
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Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne , in Greek mythology, the personification of memory. She was a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea. The Muses were her daughters by Zeus.... Read more |
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Pieria
Pieria , region of ancient Macedonia, W of the Thermaic Gulf (the modern Gulf of Thessaloníki). It included Mt. Pierus, an early seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses, and Mt. Olympus. The Muses were sometimes called the Pierides, a name given also to nine daughters of the legendary... Read more |
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Helicon
Helicon , Gr. Elikón, mountain group, c.20 mi (30 km) long, central Greece, in Boeotia; it rises to 5,736 ft (1,748 m). Helicon formed part of the border between ancient Boeotia and Phocis. In Greek legend it was the abode of the Muses and sacred to Apollo. The fountains of Hippocrene and... Read more |
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calliope
calliope in music, an instrument also called steam organ or steam piano in which steam is forced through a series of whistles controlled by a keyboard. It is usually played mechanically, and its shrill music is a familiar accompaniment of circus parades. It is named for the Muse of Eloquence.... Read more |
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Graces
Graces in Greek mythology, personifications of beauty, charm, and grace; daughters of Zeus and the oceanid Eurynome. Also known as the Charites, they were usually three in number and were called Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne. The Graces were associated with Aphrodite and those gods associated with... Read more |
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Inspiration
Inspiration A psychic state in which one becomes susceptible to creative spiritual influence or unwittingly lends oneself as an instrument for through-flowing ideas. It is the creative state of the artist, poet, and author, traditionally believed to be amenable to the wisdom of the muses or... Read more |
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Muses, The
Muses, The. Three of the nine Muses in Greek mythology, daughters of Mnemosyne the goddess of memory, were particularly connected with the theatre—Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy; Terpsichore, the Muse of dancing; and Thalia, the Muse of comedy. |
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muses
muses In classical mythology, nine daughters of the Titan Mnemosyne (memory) and Zeus. Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, Clio of history, Erato of love poetry, Euterpe of lyric poetry, Polyhymnia of song, Melpomene of tragedy... |
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‘Tears of the Muses, The’
‘Tears of the Muses, The’, a poem by Spenser, included in the Complaints, published 1591. In this the poet deplores, through the mouth of several Muses, the decay of literature and learning. |
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Muses Lookinge-Glasse, The
Muses Lookinge-Glasse, The, a defence of the drama, in the form of a play, by Randolph, printed 1638. |
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Tragic Muse, The
Tragic Muse, The, novel by Henry James, published in 1890.To Paris from London comes widowed Lady Agnes Dormer, who wishes to “settle... |
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Tenth Muse, The
Tenth Muse, The, see Bradstreet, Anne. |
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Bradstreet, Anne
...published the first edition of her verse in London as The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America (1650). Although this book was...Bibliography Elizabeth Wade White , Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse, 1971. Anne Stanford , Anne Bradstreet: The Wordly Puritan... |
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Burwell Papers
...to be the work of John Cotton, a contemporary of Bacon, who lived near Williamsburg, or of his wife, Ann Cotton. The Burwell Papers are believed to be the chief source of the first part of The Maryland Muse by Ebenezer Cook. |
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Harvey, Gabriel
...patron, in a series of Latin elegies, Smithus (1578), which may have influenced the form of Spenser's ‘Teares of the Muses’. After a brilliant but troubled academic career, he turned his interests towards the court and the vernacular. In his... |
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Lescarbot, Marc
...Subsequently he returned to France to resume his legal career. In 1609 he published a collection of poems and writings, Les Muses de la Nouvelle France, that contained the script of Le Théâtre de Neptune, which in 1611 was translated into English and... |
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Muse
Muse / myoōz/ • n. (in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences. ∎ (muse) a woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. |
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muse
muse •abuse, accuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, booze...US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze... |
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the tenth Muse
the tenth Muse a person or thing considered to be a source of inspiration comparable to one of the mythological Muses, especially in a particular field; the term is recorded from the early 17th century, in one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, and... |
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Muses-C
Muses-C A Japanese ISAS mission, to be launched in 2002, to land on the surface of asteroid Nereus and return samples to Earth. |
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music
...musical score XVII. — (O)F. musique — L. mūsica — Gr. mousikḗ, sb. use of fem. of mousikós pert. to a Muse or the Muses, concerning the arts, f. moûsa MUSE2. So musical XV. — (O)F. — medL. musician XIV (-ien). — (O... |
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museum
...devoted to learning and the arts (regarded as ‘a home of the Muses’); building for exhibition of objects of art or science (first applied...L. mūsēum library, study — Gr. mouseîon seat of the Muses, sb. use of n. of mouseîos, f. moûsa MUSE2. |
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accuse
...do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse... |
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Aganippe
Aganippe in Greek mythology, a fountain at the foot of Mount Helicon, dedicated to the Muses, a source of poetic inspiration. |
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alprostadil
...with congenital heart defects who are awaiting surgery and by injection into the corpora cavernosa of the penis or by application into the urethra to treat erectile dysfunction in men. Trade names: Caverject, MUSE, Prostin VR, Viridal. |
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Aneirin
...speaking territories now the Lowlands of Scotland; sometimes called ‘the British Homer’, or ‘Aneirin of the flowering muse’. The Welsh Triads refer to him as ‘Aneirin of flowing verse, prince of poets’. Aneirin and Taliesin and three others... |
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muse
muse1 • noun the poet's muse synonyms: inspiration, creative influence, stimulus; formal afflatus. See table.The Nine Muses Calliope (epic poetry) Clio (history)Erato (lyric and love poetry)Euterpe (music) Melpomene (tragedy... |
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think
...meditate, deliberate, contemplate, muse, cogitate, ruminate, cerebrate, concentrate...contemplate, consider, deliberate about, muse on, mull over, reflect on, weigh up...contemplate, consider, deliberate about, muse over, mull over, ponder, reflect on... |
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cogitate
...have to cogitate on that one for a bitsynonyms: think about/on/over, contemplate, consider, mull over, meditate on, muse on/over, ponder, reflect on, deliberate on/over, ruminate on/over; dwell on, brood on, chew over; informal put on... |
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debate
...pros and cons of, dispute, wrangle, bandy words, contend, contest, altercate, controvert; inf. kick around. 2. he debated in his mindsynonyms: consider, think over, deliberate, reflect, contemplate, muse, meditate, cogitate. |
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deliberate
deliberate • verb 1. looking out of the window deliberatingsynonyms: think, ponder, muse, meditate, reflect, cogitate, ruminate, brood, excogitate. 2. deliberate the advantagessynonyms: think over, consider... |
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meditate
meditate • verb please allow me more time to meditatesynonyms: contemplate, think, consider, ponder, muse, reflect, deliberate, ruminate, chew the cud, brood, mull something over; be in a brown study, be deep/lost in thought... |
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ponder
ponder • verb she had time to ponder over the incidentsynonyms: think about, contemplate, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, meditate on, muse on, deliberate about, cogitate on, dwell on, brood on, ruminate on, chew over, puzzle over, turn over in one's mind. |
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revolve
...problem in her mindsynonyms: turn over, think over, think about, deliberate, consider, reflect on, mull over, ponder, muse over, meditate, ruminate.phrase: revolve around her life revolves around her childrensynonyms: be concerned/preoccupied... |
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wonder
...do next | he wondered where she came fromsynonyms: think, speculate, conjecture, ponder, meditate, reflect, deliberate, muse, ask oneself, puzzle, be curious about, be inquisitive about. 2. I wonder you didn't walk outsynonyms: be surprised... |
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daydream
daydream • verb synonyms: dream, muse, be lost in thought, stare into space, indulge in woolgathering, fantasize, indulge in fancy, hallucinate; inf. space. |
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MUSE Technologies to Debut the `Freely Immersive Office of the Future' at...
...N.M., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Muse Technologies, Inc. (MTI), a recognized...exhibition in Orlando, Florida. With the MuSE Office(R), users are able to enter...information processing in the workplace. The MuSE Office is based on the award winning MuSE... |
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MUSE Technologies Integrates Multi-sensory Visualization and Collaboration...
...N.M., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- MUSE Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUZE...new capability-packed version of the MUSE(R) (Multi-dimensional user-oriented...19990621/MUZELOGO ) New features of the MUSE Development System Version 1.6.4 include... |
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MUSE Technologies, Inc. Announces Record Fiscal 1998 Revenues and Income.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--MUSE Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MUZE...Brian Clark, Chief Financial Officer of MUSE Technologies, "The significant increase...was not only a record-setting year for MUSE Technologies, but also a year in which... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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MUSE'S ROLE VITAL FOR CENTER IN THE SQUARE 'LEONARD THE INVENTOR' DESCRIBED...
Leonard A. Muse, a business and civic leader who has been...1980s, died Thursday at the age of 69. Muse has been credited with making design suggestions...a company co-founded and co-owned by Muse. Tim Jamieson, the architect who designed... |
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MUSE Technologies Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Advanced Visual...
...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- MUSE Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUZE), developer...visualization. Under the terms of the agreement, MUSE will issue a maximum of 2.1 million shares of MUSE common stock (19% of outstanding shares... |
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MUSE Technologies to Host Two Press Conferences at SIGGRAPH '99.
...N.M., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- MUSE Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUZE...Los Angeles Convention Center Topic: MUSE Technologies and Goodyear Tire & Rubber...multi-sensory visualization software by MUSE Technologies is being used to bring 15... |
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Muse failed to account fully for Guzelian property sale
Lawyer Michael J. Muse failed to account to the Probate Court...Guzelian, according to court documents. Muse, as Guzelian's executor, sold a two...Guzelian for $262,000 on June 1, 1987. Muse's reports to the court, however, credit... |
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muse mail
...commit genocide on all the Muses. The only way to avoid...letter in the next issue of Muse . . . WATCH our...tough love"? -Mimi Dear Muse, I love your mag...1997. I'm as old as Muse!!! Kokopelli, can...P.S. My favorite Muses are Bo, Feather, ... |
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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MUSE LED THE BREAK-IN AT THE BOYS CLUB.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
...known these days for her voice. Reynelda Muse provides the soothing, instructive tones...female to anchor a newscast in Denver, Muse opened the door for diversity in local...I can do that, too.' '' To call Muse a trailblazer is a no-brainer. She was... |
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MUSE Technologies, Inc./.
In LATH055, MUSE Technologies (Nasdaq: MUZE) Announces New Features In MuSE 2000 Perceptual Computing Software, moved earlier...Newswire. Complete, corrected release follows: MUSE Technologies Announces New Features In MuSE 2000 Perceptual... |
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