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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
mo·bi·lize
[moh-buh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -lized, -liz·ing.
[moh-buh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -lized, -liz·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 5. | to be or become assembled, organized, etc., as for war: to mobilize for action. |
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mo·bi·lize
(mō'bə-līz') Pronunciation Key
v. mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es v. tr.
v. intr. To become prepared for or as if for war. mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mobilize
mobilize
1838, from Fr. mobiliser, from mobile "movable" (see mobile). Military sense of "call up troops" first attested 1853.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| mobilize | |
verb | |
| 1. | make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" |
| 2. | call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up] [ant: demobilise] |
| 3. | get ready for war [ant: demob] |
| 4. | cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
mobilize mo·bi·lize (mō'bə-līz')
v. mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es
- To make mobile or capable of movement.
- To restore the power of motion to a joint.
- To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver.
mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mobilize
Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobilizing.] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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