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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [1913 Webster] The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. [1913 Webster] And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. [1913 Webster] Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registered. {Muster file}, a muster roll. {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.] {Muster roll} (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster. {To pass muster}, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. [1913 Webster] Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. "The mustering squadron." --Byron. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mustering}.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] 1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." --Cowper. [1913 Webster] All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] {To muster troops into service} (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. {To muster troops out of service} (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge. {To muster up}, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. [1913 Webster] One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: muster n 1: a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" 2: compulsory military service [syn: {conscription}, {muster}, {draft}, {selective service}] v 1: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: {muster}, {rally}, {summon}, {come up}, {muster up}] 2: call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Muster /mustr/ model; pattern; patterns; prototype; sample