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Muster

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mus⋅ter

  [muhs-ter]
Use Muster in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
2. to gather, summon, rouse (often fol. by up): He mustered all his courage.
–verb (used without object)
3. to assemble for inspection, service, etc., as troops or forces.
4. to come together; collect; assemble; gather.
–noun
5. an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
6. an assemblage or collection.
7. the act of mustering.
8. Also called muster roll. (formerly) a list of the persons enrolled in a military or naval unit.
—Verb phrases
9. muster in, to enlist into service in the armed forces.
10. muster out, to discharge from service in the armed forces: He will be mustered out of the army in only two more months.
—Idiom
11. pass muster,
a. to pass a cursory inspection.
b. to measure up to a certain standard; be adequate: Your grades don't pass muster.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME mostren (v.) < OF mostrer < L mōnstrāre to show, deriv. of mōnstrum portent; see monster

Synonyms:
1. convoke. See gather. 1, 4. convene; congregate. 5. gathering, assembly, convention.

Antonyms:
1, 4. scatter, separate.

must

1  [muhst]
–auxiliary verb
1. to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement: I must keep my word.
2. to be under the necessity to; need to: Animals must eat to live.
3. to be required or compelled to, as by the use or threat of force: You must obey the law.
4. to be compelled to in order to fulfill some need or achieve an aim: We must hurry if we're to arrive on time.
5. to be forced to, as by convention or the requirements of honesty: I must say, that is a lovely hat.
6. to be or feel urged to; ought to: I must buy that book.
7. to be reasonably expected to; is bound to: It must have stopped raining by now. She must be at least 60.
8. to be inevitably certain to; be compelled by nature: Everyone must die.
–verb (used without object)
9. to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
10. Archaic. (sometimes used with ellipsis of go, get, or some similar verb readily understood from the context): We must away.
–adjective
11. necessary; vital: A raincoat is must clothing in this area.
–noun
12. something necessary, vital, or required: This law is a must.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME most(e), OE mōste (past tense); c. G musste. See mote 2

Synonyms:
1. Must, ought, should express necessity or duty. Must expresses necessity or compulsion: I must attend to those patients first. Soldiers must obey orders. Ought (weaker than must) expresses obligation, duty, desirability: You ought to tell your mother. Should expresses obligation, expectation, or probability: You are not behaving as you should. Children should be taught to speak the truth. They should arrive at one o'clock.
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mus·ter   (mŭs'tər)   
v.   mus·tered, mus·ter·ing, mus·ters

v.   tr.

  1. To call (troops) together, as for inspection.

  2. To cause to come together; gather: Bring all the volunteers you can muster.

  3. To call forth; summon up: mustering up her strength for the ordeal. See Synonyms at call.

v.   intr.
To assemble or gather: mustering for inspection.
n.  

    1. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.

    2. The persons assembled for such a gathering.

  2. A muster roll.

  3. A gathering or collection: a muster of business leaders at a luncheon.

  4. A flock of peacocks. See Synonyms at flock1.

Phrasal Verb(s):
muster inTo enlist or be enlisted in military service: She mustered in at the age of 18.
muster outTo discharge or be discharged from military service: He was mustered out when the war ended.

Idiom(s):
pass musterTo be judged as acceptable.

[Middle English mustren, from Old French moustrer, from Latin mōnstrāre, to show, from mōnstrum, sign, portent, from monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
must (do)

and must
  1. n.
    something that someone ought to do. : Seeing the Eiffel tower is a must do in Paris. , Tell me some of the “musts” in southern Utah.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

must  (v.)
O.E. moste, pt. of motan "have to, be able to," from P.Gmc. *motanan "to fix, allot, appoint, to have room, to be able" (cf. O.Fris. mota, M.L.G. moten, Du. moeten, Ger. müssen "to be obliged to," Goth. gamotan "to have room to, to be able to"), from PIE base *med- "to measure." Used as present tense from c.1300, from the custom of using past subjunctive as a moderate or polite form of the present. The noun meaning "something that has to be seen or experienced" is from 1892.

muster  (v.)
c.1300, "to display, reveal, appear," from O.Fr. mostrer (modern Fr. montrer), from L. monstrare "to show," from monstrum "omen, sign" (see monster). Noun meaning "act of gathering troops" is c.1400. To pass musters (1575) originally meant "to undergo military review without censure." To muster out "gather to be discharged from military service" is 1834, Amer.Eng. To muster up in the fig. and transf. sense of "gather, summon, marshal" is from 1628.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: must
Pronunciation: 'm&st
Function: noun
: the expressed juice of fruit and especially grapes before and during fermentation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

muster

In addition to the idiom beginning with muster, also see pass muster.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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