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English Dictionary: Muster by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muster
n
  1. a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"
  2. compulsory military service
    Synonym(s): conscription, muster, draft, selective service
v
  1. gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
    Synonym(s): muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up
  2. call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F.
      montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.]
      1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]
  
      2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
  
      3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,
            verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or
            introduction into service.
  
                     The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
                     See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs,
                     and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton.
  
      4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and
            inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
  
                     And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
                                                                              --Wyclif.
  
                     Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and
                     proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker.
  
      5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
  
                     Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their
                     wives and daughters, the muster was great and
                     splendid.                                          --Macaulay.
  
      {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred.
           
  
      {Muster file}, a muster roll.
  
      {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops,
            and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
            [Eng.]
  
      {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a
            company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on
            the day of muster.
  
      {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection
            without censure.
  
                     Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer,
      mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to
      show. See {Monster}.]
      1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade,
            inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser.
  
      2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get
            together. [bd]Mustering all its force.[b8] --Cowper.
  
                     All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange.
  
      {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter
            troops on the muster roll of the army.
  
      {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them
            for final payment and discharge.
  
      {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to
            obtain with some effort or difficulty.
  
                     One of those who can muster up sufficient
                     sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i.
      To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or
      the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as,
      his supporters mustered in force. [bd]The mustering
      squadron.[b8] --Byron.
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