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mo·bi·lize

Audio Help [moh-buh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -lized, -liz·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.

2.	to organize or adapt (industries, transportation facilities, etc.) for service to the government in time of war.

3.	to marshal, bring together, prepare (power, force, wealth, etc.) for action, esp. of a vigorous nature: to mobilize one's energy.

4.	to increase or bring to a full stage of development: to mobilize one's anger.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to be or become assembled, organized, etc., as for war: to mobilize for action.

Also, especially British, mo·bi·lise.

[Origin: 1830–40; back formation from mobilization. See mobile, -ization

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—Related forms

mo·bi·liz·a·ble, adjective

mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun

mo·bi·liz·er, noun

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mo·bi·lize Audio Help   (mō'bə-līz') Pronunciation Key
v.   mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es

v.   tr.

To make mobile or capable of movement.
1. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows.
2. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources.

v. intr.
To become prepared for or as if for war.

mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

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mobilization
noun
1.	act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" [ant: demobilisation]
2.	act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"

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Mobilization

De*mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]mobilisation. See Mobilization.] (Mil.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.

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