muster
• verb 1 bring (troops) together, especially for inspection or in preparation for battle. 2 (of people) gather together. 3 summon up (a feeling or attitude). 4 Austral./NZ round up (livestock). • noun 1 an instance of mustering troops. 2 Austral./NZ a rounding up of livestock. — PHRASES pass muster be accepted as satisfactory. — ORIGIN Old French moustrer, from Latin monstrare ‘to show’.
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