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verb (used with object)
1.
to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
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to organize or adapt (industries, transportation facilities, etc.) for service to the government in time of war.
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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.
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| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
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Also, especially British, mo·bi·lise.
Related forms
mo·bi·liz·a·ble, adjective
mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun
mo·bi·liz·er, noun
coun·ter·mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun
o·ver·mo·bi·lize, verb, -lized, -liz·ing.
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Word Origin & History
mobilize
1838, from Fr. mobiliser, from mobile "movable" (see mobile). Military sense of "call up troops" first attested 1853. Related: Mobilized; mobilizing.
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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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