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      • [intransitive, transitive] to come together; to bring people, especially soldiers, together, for example for military action synonym gather The troops mustered. The force mustered 1,000 strong. muster somebody/something to muster an army The navy could muster 44 warships.
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  2. to produce or encourage something such as an emotion or support: She managed to muster the courage to ask him to the cinema. The team will need all the strength they can muster to win this game. Opponents are unlikely to be able to muster enough votes to override the veto. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  3. verb transitive. 1. to assemble or summon ( troops, etc.), as for inspection, roll call, or service. 2. to put through a roll call. 3. to gather together and display; collect; summon. often with up. to muster up strength.

  4. To collect or assemble (esp. soldiers) to be counted, inspected as to condition and equipment, exercised, displayed, enlisted into service, or sent into battle. Also intransitive: to call a muster. Also figurative. † to muster one's arms: (of an army) to appear armed in battle array ( obsolete ). 1440.

  5. 1. : a representative specimen (see specimen sense 1) : sample. musters of goods for sale. 2. a. : an act of assembling. specifically : formal military inspection. Call out the troops to stand muster. b. : critical examination. slipshod work that would never pass muster. c. : an assembled group : collection. a muster of biographical facts Time. d.

  6. to explain something to someone in a way that suggests that they are stupid; used especially when a man explains something to a woman that she already understands. About this

  7. Definition of muster verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. order, request, or command to come. noun. a gathering of military personnel for duty. “he was thrown in the brig for missing muster ”. see more. see less. type of: assemblage, gathering. a group of persons together in one place.

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