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arch
archaic, archery, architect, architectural, architecture
1arch
Pronunciation: 'ärch
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English arche, from Middle French, from (assumed)
Vulgar Latin arca, from Latin arcus
Date: 14th century
1 : a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and
serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
2 a : something resembling an arch in form or function; especially
: either of two vaulted portions of the bony structure of the foot that
impart elasticity to it b : a curvature having the form of an arch
3 : archway
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2arch
Date: 15th century
transitive senses
1 : to cover or provide with an arch
2 : to form into an arch
intransitive senses
1 : to form an arch
2 : to take an arch-shaped course
3arch
Function: adjective
Etymology: 1arch-
Date: 1547
1 : principal, chief <your arch opponent>
2 a : mischievous, saucy b : marked by a deliberate
and often forced irony, brashness, or impudence
- arch·ly adverb
- arch·ness noun
1muse
Pronunciation: 'myüz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): mused; mus·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French muser to gape, idle, muse,
from muse mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus
Date: 14th century
intransitive senses
1 : to become absorbed in thought; especially : to
turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively
2 archaic : wonder, marvel
transitive senses : to think or say reflectively
synonym see PONDER
2muse
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction
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3muse
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin Musa, from
Greek Mousa
Date: 14th century
1 capitalized : any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek
mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences
2 : a source of inspiration; especially : a guiding
genius
3 : poet
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