Muse, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. �. Cf. Mosaic, n., Music.] 1. (Class. Myth.) 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. Shak.
3. A poet; a bard. Milton.