Muster

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  • intransitive verb. To call (troops) together, as for inspection.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to come together; gather.
  • intransitive verb. To bring into existence or readiness; summon up: synonym: call.
  • intransitive verb. To assemble or gather.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
  • noun. The persons assembled for such a gathering.
  • noun. A muster roll.
  • noun. A gathering or collection.
  • noun. A flock of peacocks.
  • phrasal verb. To enlist or be enlisted in military service.
  • phrasal verb. To discharge or be discharged from military service.
  • idiom. (pass muster) To be judged as acceptable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • . To show; point; exhibit.
  • To bring together into a group or body for inspection, especially with a view to employing in or discharging from military service; in general, to collect, assemble, or array.
  • Synonyms To call together, get together, gather, convene, congregate.
  • To show; appear.
  • To assemble; meet in one place, as soldiers; in general, to collect.
  • noun. A show; a review; an exhibition; in modern use, an exhibition in array; array.
  • noun. A pattern; a sample.
  • noun. A gathering of persons, as of troops for review or inspection, or in demonstration of strength; an assembling in force or in array; an array; an assemblage.
  • noun. A register or roll of troops mustered; also, the troops enrolled.
  • noun. In hunting, a company or flock of peacocks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
  • noun. A show; a display.
  • noun. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
  • noun. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
  • noun. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
  • noun. a book in which military forces are registered.
  • noun. a muster roll.
  • noun. one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
  • noun. a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.
  • noun. to pass through a muster or inspection without censure.
  • intransitive verb. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body.
  • transitive verb. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
  • transitive verb. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
  • transitive verb. to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.
  • transitive verb. to register them for final payment and discharge.
  • transitive verb. to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Gathering.
  • noun. Showing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a gathering of military personnel for duty
  • noun. compulsory military service
  • verb. call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
  • verb. gather or bring together
  • Word Usage
    "But failed to make much of an impression and the best I can muster is half-hearted respect."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assemblage  call  collect  garner  gather  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Buster  Custer  adjuster  bluster  buster  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form