单词 | to muster up |
释义 | > as lemmasto muster up to muster up 1. transitive. To assemble or gather together (people, troops, etc.); to marshal. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] somnec825 heapc900 gathera975 samc1000 to set togetherc1275 fang1340 assemblec1374 recueilc1380 drawa1393 to draw togethera1398 semblea1400 congatherc1400 congregatec1400 to take together1490 recollect1513 to gather togetherc1515 to get together1523 congesta1552 confer1552 collect1573 ingatherc1575 ramass1586 upgather1590 to muster upa1593 accrue1594 musterc1595 compone1613 herd1615 contract1620 recoil1632 comporta1641 rally1643 rendezvous1670 purse1809 adduct1824 to round up1873 reeve1876 to pull together1925 society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > muster muster1560 to muster upa1593 show1600 a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B7 Ile muster vp an army secretly. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iv. ix. 18 In thy countries muster vp thy friends. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. i. 546 They muster vp wenches as we doe souldiers. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 305 We were muster'd up, and received the next day two months Pay. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 185 Mr Hodge..mustered up about three hundred volunteers. 1822 C. P. Clinch Spy in America's Lost Plays (1941) 104 Muster up now men. 1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass x. 80 They very soon mustered up some old spelling-books. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 190 The few Indians..returned..with all of the tribe that they could muster up. 1990 B. Purdie Politics in Streets (BNC) 134 At times we couldn't muster up the required six members for a quorum at monthly meetings. 2. transitive. In extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [verb (transitive)] > summon one's resolution findOE muster1598 to muster up1628 to call forth1802 to gather up1847 the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 10 Which I shall enumerate and muster vp in order. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Pref. The old Objections mustered up. 1743 R. Blair Grave 7 Whilst busy-meddling Memory..Musters up The past Endearments of their softer Hours. 1777 J. Priestley Matter & Spirit (1782) I. xvi. 188 Dr Oswald..has mustered up all his logic to invalidate it. 1813 W. Scott Let. 6 Nov. (1932) III. 376 A very large river..is at this moment mustering up all its waters with a voice like distant thunder. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 111 She had mustered up courage to speak to him. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby v. 105 I couldn't muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head. 1986 USA Today 11 July a2/5 Right before my mother died, she mustered up the strength to help me pick out a dress. < as lemmas |
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