MUSE, MUSING
ADJECTIVES
► COGITABUND musing, thoughtful, meditating; deep in thought → 1649
► COGITABUNDOUS musing, thoughtful, meditating; deep in thought → 1627
VERBS
► DERN to muse, to think → 19C Sc.
► DUMP to muse; to be in an abstracted or absent state of mind → 1530 obs.
► MAUNDER to muse, to ponder → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MEASE to muse, to be absent-minded → 1877 Eng. dial.
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