MOBILIZE

mobilize, mobilise

(verb) cause to move around

mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon

(verb) make ready for action or use; “marshal resources”

mobilize, mobilise

(verb) get ready for war

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

mobilize (third-person singular simple present mobilizes, present participle mobilizing, simple past and past participle mobilized)

(transitive) To make something mobile.

(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.

(intransitive) To become made ready for war.

Source: Wiktionary


Mob"i*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobilizing.] Etym: [F. mobiliser.]

Definition: To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

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