Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Music
music, n. [L. < Gk 'art presided over by the Muses'.]
- Sound; [fig.] speech; discourse; way of thinking.
- Voice; [fig.] poetry; metrical verse with a pleasing combination of sounds.
- Singing; symphony performance; instrumental euphony; [fig.] the influence of the Muses.
- Melody and harmony; [fig.] celestial orders; harmony in revolution of the spheres in space.
- Noise; swelling sound of birds singing.
- Chirping; tweeting; bird calls.
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