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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Hence:  To  summon  together;  to  enroll  in  service;  to  get 
  together.  ``Mustering  all  its  force.''  --Cowper. 
 
  All  the  gay  feathers  he  could  muster.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  {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. 
 
  One  of  those  who  can  muster  up  sufficient 
  sprightliness  to  engage  in  a  game  of  forfeits. 
  --Hazlitt.




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