All 3 Uses of
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Catch-22
- Major Major mustered the courage to demand.†
Chpt 9 *
- He studied each photograph twice and read the captions intently as he organized his response to the colonel's question into a grammatically complete sentence that he rehearsed and reorganized in his mind a considerable number of times before he was able finally to muster the courage to reply.†
Chpt 19
- The bulb in the tent had blown out several days before, and neither of the two men had been able to muster the initiative to replace it.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(muster as in: muster strength or the crew) to gatherThe exact meaning of this sense of muster is often subject to its context. For example:
- "mustered her courage/strength/a smile" -- to gather from within
- "muster the soldiers/crew" -- to gather -- typically for inspection
- "muster volunteers/votes" -- to gather enough to do something