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/mˈəstər əp/ Listen

verb

Muster v. t. (past & past part. mustered; pres. part. mustering)

To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.

Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." "All the gay feathers he could muster."

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."

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... as much as possible. I will muster up all my knowledge to tell you the history of these pretty painted flowers; I will tell you of their families; I will teach you how to classify them; in short, will give you little by little, ...

— Stories of Modern French Novels • Julian Hawthorne

... easy matter to get into the chosen twenty," the tall boy told himself. "But after that, will the cadets elect me to one of those positions?" He wanted to be major of the battalion, but doubted if he could muster up sufficient ...

— The Rover Boys in Camp - or, The Rivals of Pine Island • Edward Stratemeyer

... aid of Silas himself, had hard work to carry in the trunk; and before it was deposited at the door of the house in question, the young American was horrified to find a score of loiterers looking on. But he knocked with as good a countenance as he could muster up, and presented the other envelope to ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson