[mus.ter] n [ME mustre, fr. MF mostre, monstre, fr. monstrer] (14c) 1: a representative specimen: sample
2. a: an act of assembling; specif: formal military inspection b: critical examination c: an assembled group: collection d: inventory
[2]muster vb mus.tered ; mus.ter.ing [ME mustren to show, muster, fr. MF monstrer, fr. L monstrare to show, fr. monstrum evil omen, monster--more at monster] vt (15c) 1 a: to cause to gather: convene b: to enroll formally--usu. used with in or into "was ~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 ~ vi: to come together: congregate syn see summon