n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: mus · tered ; mus · ter · ing \ -t( ə -)ri ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English mustren to show, muster, from Anglo-French mustrer, monstrer, from Latin monstrare to show, from monstrum evil omen, monster ― more at MONSTER
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 a : to cause to gather : CONVENE b : to enroll formally ― usually used with in or into <was muster ed into the army> c : to call the roll of
2 a : to bring together : COLLECT b : to call forth : ROUSE
3 : to amount to : COMPRISE
intransitive verb : to come together : CONGREGATE
synonyms see SUMMON