muster

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muster/ˈmʌstə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 come or bring (troops) together, especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.

  ■ (of a group of people) gather together.

  ■ Austral./NZ round up (livestock).

• 2 summon up (a feeling, attitude, or response).

• 3 (muster someone in or out) US enrol someone into (or discharge someone from) military service.

▶noun

• 1 an instance of mustering troops.

  ■ Austral./NZ a rounding up of livestock.

• 2 Austral. informal the number of people attending a meeting.

– phrases
pass muster be accepted as satisfactory.

– derivatives
musterer noun (Austral./NZ).

– origin ME: from OFr. moustrer (v.), moustre (n.), from L. monstrare ‘to show’.