muster

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To call (troops) together, as for inspection.
2. v. To cause to come together; gather: Bring all the volunteers you can muster.
3. v. To call forth; summon up: mustering up her strength for the ordeal. See Synonyms at call.
4. v. To assemble or gather: mustering for inspection.
5. n. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
6. n. The persons assembled for such a gathering.
7. n. A muster roll.
8. n. A gathering or collection: a muster of business leaders at a luncheon.
9. n. A flock of peacocks. See Synonyms at flock¹.
10. muster in To enlist or be enlisted in military service: She mustered in at the age of 18.
11. muster out To discharge or be discharged from military service: He was mustered out when the war ended.
12. idiom. pass muster To be judged as acceptable.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. . To show; point; exhibit.
2. To bring together into a group or body for inspection, especially with a view to employing in or discharging from military service; in general, to collect, assemble, or array.
3. Synonyms To call together, get together, gather, convene, congregate.
4. To show; appear.
5. To assemble; meet in one place, as soldiers; in general, to collect.
6. n. A show; a review; an exhibition; in modern use, an exhibition in array; array.
7. n. A pattern; a sample.
8. n. A gathering of persons, as of troops for review or inspection, or in demonstration of strength; an assembling in force or in array; an array; an assemblage.
9. n. A register or roll of troops mustered; also, the troops enrolled.
10. n. In hunting, a company or flock of peacocks.

Wiktionary

1. n. Gathering.
2. n. Showing.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
2. n. obsolete A show; a display.
3. n. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
4. n. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
5. n. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
6. v. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
7. v. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
8. v. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a gathering of military personnel for duty
2. n. compulsory military service
3. v. call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
4. v. gather or bring together