- 1a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things synonym inspiration He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.).
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- 2Muse (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music, and other branches of art and literature
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