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), a list or register of all the men in a company,
troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of
muster. -- To pass muster, to pass through
a muster or inspection without censure.

Such excuses will not pass muster with
God.

South.

Mus"ter, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mustering.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF.
mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F.
montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See Monster.]
1. To collect and display; to assemble, as
troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
Spenser.

2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in
service; to get together. "Mustering all its force."
Cowper.

All the gay feathers he could
muster.

L'Estrange.

To muster troops into service (Mil.),
to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.
-- To muster troops out of service (Mil.

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