To form by the collection of individuals. transitive. To get together (a formal assembly, a force); to muster or raise (troops, etc.). Also to make a…

transitive. To gather into a host; to assemble in battle array, to encamp. (Cf. hosting, n.)

To raise, levy (troops).

To raise or levy (money, troops, etc.).

transitive. To collect, gather, bring together (an army, troops, a mob, etc.).

to call to account and variants: to summon (a person) to answer for his or her conduct; to require (a person or institution) to explain poor conduct…

transitive. To levy or raise (an army). Obsolete.

To enlist (armed men), enrol, bring into the field (soldiers, an army); to muster the available force of (a district). Also, to levy up.

transitive. To prepare or make (an army or navy) ready for active service. Also intransitive: (of an army or navy) to get ready. Obsolete.

To raise (an armed force); to form (a nation). Obsolete.

transitive. To bring together, raise (an army).

to call (also summon) to arms and variants: to summon to prepare for battle or armed conflict; also figurative.

To make up or form (an army). Obsolete.

transitive. To re-form (a group of people) into a body; to re-establish or reconstitute (a group, an organization, etc.), esp. for military…

transitive. To prepare (a military force, etc.) for war or active service; to summon for military service, esp. in time of war. Also in extended use.

transitive. To mobilize (a person or thing) again (in various senses of mobilize, v.1). Also intransitive.