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mus⋅ter

  [muhs-ter]
–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.
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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.
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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.]
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Word Origin & History

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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