Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - muster
Muster
muster
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. collect (orig. soldiers) for inspection, to check numbers, etc. 2 tr. & intr. collect, gather together. 3 tr. Austral. round up (livestock). --n. 1 the assembly of persons for inspection. 2 an assembly, a collection. 3 Austral. a rounding up of livestock. 4 Austral. sl. attendance (at a meeting, etc.) (had a good muster). Phrases and idioms muster-book a book for registering military personnel. muster in US enrol (recruits). muster out US discharge (soldiers etc.). muster-roll an official list of officers and men in a regiment or ship's company. muster up collect or summon (courage, strength, etc.). pass muster be accepted as adequate. Derivatives musterer n. (in sense 3 of n. & v.). Etymology: ME f. OF mo(u)stre ult. f. L monstrare show
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mustre, from Anglo-French mostre, monstre, from mustrer Date: 14th century a representative specimen ; sample, 2. an act of assembling, critical examination, an assembled group ; collection, inventory, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: monster Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to cause to gather ; convene, to enroll formally, to call the roll of, 2. to bring together ; collect, to call forth ; rouse, to amount to ; comprise, intransitive verb to come together ; congregate, see: summon ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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