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Definition: MUSED |
MUSEDImperative & past participle1. Of Muse |
Date "MUSED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The little fellow mused oft and long thereon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "MUSED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 97.87% of the time. "MUSED" is used about 329 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 97.87% | 322 | 16,053 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 2.13% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 329 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "MUSED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | grübelte (pondered), gegrübelt (pored). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usedmay meditativ (cogitative, meditating, meditative, meditatively, museful, musing, musingly, pensive, pensively, speculative, thoughtful, wistful), zãpãcit (confounded, confused, dawdler, dim, distracted, dizzy, flighty, giddy, hare-brained, headless, light-headed, madcap, muddle-headed, muzzy, off one's dot, perplexedly, rash, reckless, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatterbrains, silly, thoughtless, topsy turvy, woolly-headed, wronghead, wrongheaded), uluit (amazed, astonished, astounded, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flurried, perplex, thunder-struck), gânditor (meditative, meditatively, mind, museful, musing, notionalist, pensive, speculative, thinker, thinking, thoughtful, wistful), distrat (absent, absent minded, absent-minded, absent-mindedly, abstracted, abstractedly, distracted, forgetful, inattentive, inattentively, moon-struck, moony, vacant, witless, wool gathering), cãzut pe gânduri, înmãrmurit (astounded, dumbfounded). (various references) неуважний (absent, absentminded, abstracted, careless, distrait, erratic, faraway, forgetful, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, inobservant, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, oscitant, outward, unmindful, vague), замріяний (bemused, faraway, moony), приголомшений (aghast, bemused, dumbfounded, perplexed, shocked, spellbound, thunderstruck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ProsdokwntoV de tou laou kai dialogizomenwn pantwn en taiV kardiaiV autwn peri tou iwannou mhpote autoV eih o cristoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Existimante autem populo et cogitantibus omnibus in cordibus suis de Iohanne ne forte ipse esset Christus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þam folce wenendum and eallum on hyra heortan þencendum be iohanne hwæþer he crist wære; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whanne al the puple gesside, and alle men thouyten in her hertis of Joon, lest perauenture he were Crist, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | As the people were in a doute and all men disputed in their hertes of Iohn whether he were very Christ: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts concerning John, whether he was the Christ, or not; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug samtang ang mga tawo nagmapaabuton, ug ang tanan nagtulotimbang diha sa ilang mga kasingkasing mahitungod kang Juan, kon mao na ba kaha siya ang Cristo, |
| Chinese | 百 " 指 望 基 督 來 的 時 候 、 人 都 心 裡 猜 疑 、 或 者 約 翰 是 基 督 。 |
| Croatian | Narod bijaše u išèekivanju i svi se u srcu pitahu o Ivanu nije li on možda Krist. |
| Danish | Men da Folket var i Forventning, og alle tænkte i deres Hjerter om Johannes, om ikke han skulde være Kristus, |
| Dutch | En als het volk verwachtte, en allen in hun harten overleiden van Johannes, of hij niet mogelijk de Christus ware; |
| Finnish | Mutta kun kansa yhä odotti ja kaikki ajattelivat sydämessään Johanneksesta, eikö hän itse ehkä ollut Kristus, |
| French | Comme le peuple était dans l`attente, et que tous se demandaient en eux-même si Jean n`était pas le Christ, |
| German | Als aber das Volk im Wahn war und dachten in ihren Herzen von Johannes, ob er vielleicht Christus wäre, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Pèp la t'ap tann konsa: yo t'ap mande nan kè yo si se pa Jan ki Kris la. |
| Hungarian | Mikor pedig a nép várt és szívökben mind azon gondolkoztak János felõl, hogy vajjon nem õ-é a Krisztus; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada waktu itu orang-orang mulai bertanya-tanya, apakah Yohanes Raja Penyelamat yang mereka nantikan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tatkala kaum itu sedang menanti, serta berbicara di dalam hatinya tentang Yahya kalau-kalau ia ini Kristus, |
| Italian | Poiché il popolo era in attesa e tutti si domandavano in cuor loro, riguardo a Giovanni, se non fosse lui il Cristo, |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr va'n pobble ayns imnea, as dy chooilley ghooinney smooinaghtyn ayns nyn greeaghyn mychione Ean, nee eh va'n Creest mannagh nee; |
| Maori | ¶ Na, i te iwi e tatari ana e whakaaroaro katoa ana i roto i o ratou ngakau ki a Hoani, mehemea ko te Karaiti ia; |
| Norwegian | Men da folket gikk i forventning, og alle tenkte i sitt hjerte på Johannes, om ikke han var Messias, |
| Portuguese | Ora, estando o povo em expectativa e arrazoando todos em seus corações a respeito de João, se porventura seria ele o Cristo, |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq norodul era kn awteptare, wi toyi se gkndeau kn inimile lor cu privire la Ioan, dacq nu cumva este el Hristosul, |
| Shuar | ¶ "Ju Juan Yusa anaikiamurinchuashit" tu Enentáimsar paant nekaataitsar Nákarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Como el pueblo estaba a la expectativa, y todos especulaban en sus corazones si acaso Juan sería el Cristo, |
| Swahili | Wote walikuwa wanatazamia kitu fulani; basi, wakaanza kujiuliza mioyoni mwao kuhusu Yohane: kuwa labda yeye ndiye Kristo. |
| Swedish | Och folket gick där i förbidan, och alla undrade i sina hjärtan om Johannes icke till äventyrs vore Messias. |
| Uma | ¶ Nto'u toe, ntodea ntora mpopea karata-na Magau' Topetolo' to najanci Alata'ala. Hawe'ea-ra mepekune' hi rala nono-ra, meka' ba lue' Yohanes lau-mi Magau' Topetolo' to rapopea toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "MUSED": amused, bemused, mandamused, unamused, unbemused. (additional references) | |
Words containing "MUSED": amusedly, bemusedly. (additional references) | |
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"MUSED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maesdu, Masad, masned, mazed, mcse, Mcsod, mersed, Mesad, mezed, misef, mized, moced, mosad, moset, mossed, moussed, msd, Msde, msue, mued, mugendo, muise, Musar, musea, musee, Museen, Museet, musek, museu, mushed, musid, musie, musse, Mussenden, Mussett, musted, muxed, Muyser, muze, muzed, Mysids, qused, sused, tused, Umeed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MUSED" (pronounced myuw"zd) |
| 5 | m y uw" z d | amused, bemused. |
| 4 | -y uw" z d | abused, accused, confused, defused, diffused, disabused, excused, fused, infused, misused, overused, recused, refused, suffused, transfused, underused, unused, used. |
| 3 | -uw" z d | bruised, cruised, enthused, oozed, perused, reused. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sedum. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-m-s-u" | |
-1 letter: dues, emus, muds, muse, sued, used. | |
-2 letters: due, eds, ems, emu, med, mud, mus, sue, sum, use. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, em, es, me, mu, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-m-s-u" | |
+1 letter: amused, degums, demurs, medius, medusa, moused, mushed, mussed, musted, odeums, sedums, smudge, spumed, summed. | |
+2 letters: almudes, assumed, bedumbs, bemused, dumbest, dummies, dumpers, dustmen, mediums, medusae, medusal, medusan, medusas, miscued, misused, modules, moussed, mudders, muddies, muddles, murders, muscled, remudas, resumed, scummed, slummed, slumped, smeddum, smudged, smudges, smutted, stummed, stumped, tediums. | |
+3 letters: agendums, ambushed, amusedly, bermudas, besmudge, campused, consumed, costumed, decorums, demounts, demurest, deplumes, diestrum, dimerous, displume, dormouse, drumbles, drummers, dukedoms, dumbness, dumpiest, dumpster, duramens, eardrums, emulsoid, eudemons, gumshoed, gumweeds, impulsed, madhouse, maunders, maundies, measured, medullas, medusans, medusoid, minuends, misguide, misjudge, misruled, mistuned, moulders, muddiest, muddlers, mudholes, mudslide, mudstone, mueddins, mundanes, muscadel, muscadet, mustered, nimbused, outmodes, presumed, residuum, scrummed, scumbled, secundum, sedilium, seminude, shlumped, smeddums, smoulder, smudgier, smuggled, smutched, soundmen, squirmed, strummed, stumbled, sublimed, subsumed, summated, summered, summited, summoned, sumpweed, surmised, surnamed, unamused, unmasked, unmeshed, unseamed, unshamed, unsmoked. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 55 53 45 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- ... . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01010101 01010011 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M U S E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0055 0053 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4755533938 |
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