Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MUS'TER, v.t. [G. mustern, D. monsteren, Sw. mönstra, Dan. mynstrer, to muster; It. mostrare, Sp. and Port. mostrar, Fr. montrer, L. monstro, to show. Either n has been lost in some of these languages, or it is not radical in the Latin.]

Properly, to collect troops for review, parade and exercise; but in general, to collect or assemble troops, persons or things. The officers muster their soldiers regularly; they muster all their forces. The philosopher musters all the wise sayings of the ancients. Spenser. Locke. Tillotson.