- to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- to gaze meditatively or wonderingly.
- to meditate on.
- to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon.
- Classical Mythology.
- any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
- any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.
- the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.
- a dialect of American English that is considered to be standard or unmarked by dialectal variation in pronunciation, syntactic structures, or vocabulary, and that is heard in newscasts and taught in schools.
- to reflect (about) or ponder (on), usually in silence
- to gaze thoughtfully
- a state of abstraction
- a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet
- any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania
