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opine | muse |

As a verb opine

is .

As a noun muse is

.

opine

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) opiner, from (etyl) ; see optate and opt.

Verb

(opin)
  • To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
    • I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
    ''"Your decisions," she opined , "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
  • To give one's formal opinion (on'' or ''upon something).
    • I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
    Derived terms
    * opination
    Related terms
    * opinion * opinionated

    Etymology 2

    From Latin and Ancient Greek + (-ine).

    Noun

    (wikipedia opine) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours

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    muse

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) muse, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • A source of inspiration.
  • (archaic) A poet; a bard.
    • (Milton)
    Usage notes
    The plural musae'' can also be found, though it is much rarer than ''muses .
    Related terms
    * museum * music

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1340. From (etyl) muser.

    Verb

    (mus)
  • To become lost in thought, to ponder.
  • To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
  • * (seeCites)
  • To think on; to meditate on.
  • * (rfdate) Thomson
    • Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
  • To wonder at.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Related terms
    * muser * musing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
    • still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse , ne word to creature spake.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia , Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:
    • He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) musse. See muset.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
    • Find a hare without a muse . (old proverb)

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