'To muster troops into service' definitions:

Definition of 'To muster troops into service'

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  • 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]

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