muster

muster

muster (third-person singular simple present musters, present participle mustering, simple past and past participle mustered)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit. 15th-17th c.
2. (intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. from 15th c.
3. (transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. from 15th c.
4. (transitive) To summon together; to get together, to gather. from 16th c.

   I mustered up all my remaining willpower.

5. (transitive, US) To enroll (into service). from 19th c.

muster (plural musters)

1. Gathering.
   1. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. [from 14th c.]
      • 1743, Joseph Steele & Richard Addison, The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.:

        She seems to hear the Repetition of his Mens Names with Admiration; and waits only to answer him with as false a Muster of Lovers.

   2. (chiefly military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]
      • 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1:

        Come, let vs take a muster speedily: / Doomesday is neere; dye all, dye merrily.

      • 1663, Samuel Pepys, Diary, 4 Jul 1663:

        And after long being there, I light, and walked to the place where the King, Duke &c., did stand to see the horse and foot march by and discharge their guns, to show a French Marquisse (for whom this muster was caused) the goodness of our firemen [...].

   3. (Australian, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. [from 19th c.]
      • 2006, John Gilfoyle, Bloody Jackaroos!, Boolarong Press:

        McGuire took the two of them out to Kidmans Bore on the Sylvester River where about two dozen stockmen from different stations had gathered to tend the muster along the edge of the Simpson Desert.

   
   
   

   Definizione italiano>inglese muster

   
   

   	adunata
   	any assemblage or display
   	assembling or review of troops

   	arruolare
   	to enroll in service

   	assemblea
   	any assemblage or display

   	assumere
   	to enroll in service

   	convocare
   	to summon together

   	ingaggiare
   	to enroll in service

   	mostra
   	show; display

   	radunare
   	to call or assemble a group together

   assembramento

   parata

   riunione

   riunire

   
   

   Altri significati:

   (transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit. 15th-17th c.

   something shown for imitation

   Gathering.

   roundup of cattle

   muster (e.g. courage)

   Showing.

   (transitive, US) To enroll (into service). from 19th c.

   (transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. from 15th c.

   (intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. from 15th c.

   to be gathered together

   collection of peafowl

   (transitive) To summon together; to get together, to gather. from 16th c.

   
   
   

   Traduzione 'veloce'

   
   
   adunata ,arruolare ,assemblea ,assumere ,convocare

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