Lexic.us

Definition of Muster up

1. Verb. Gather or bring together. "Summon all your courage"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muster Up

Literary usage of Muster up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"muster up wenches as we do soldiers, and have their choice of the rarest beauties their countries can afford, and yet all this cannot keep them from ..."

2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... observe several tipping the horse soldiers from time to time (some with halfpence, and some with silver, as they could muster up the cash) to let them ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... muster up wenches as we do soldiers, and have their choice of the rarest beauties their countries can afford, and yet all this cannot keep them from ..."

4. Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1840)
"And thou, brave Oxford, wondrous well beloved In Oxfordshire, shalt muster up thy friends."* Warwick, and all but Exeter, now leave Henry with Exeter alone, ..."

5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... encourage, cheer . . up, give .. heart; ~ mieltään take courage, take heart, pluck up heart, pick (1. muster) up courage [huom. ..."

6. Lectures on the History of England by M. J. Guest (1888)
"Each of the noblemen is to go to the place where he has most influence, and muster up his friends and their followers. The Earl of Warwick says— " In ..."

7. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"muster up wenches as we do soldiers, and have their choice of the rarest beauties their countries can afford, and yet all this cannot keep them from ..."

8. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... observe several tipping the horse soldiers from time to time (some with halfpence, and some with silver, as they could muster up the cash) to let them ..."

9. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... muster up wenches as we do soldiers, and have their choice of the rarest beauties their countries can afford, and yet all this cannot keep them from ..."

10. Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1840)
"And thou, brave Oxford, wondrous well beloved In Oxfordshire, shalt muster up thy friends."* Warwick, and all but Exeter, now leave Henry with Exeter alone, ..."

11. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... encourage, cheer . . up, give .. heart; ~ mieltään take courage, take heart, pluck up heart, pick (1. muster) up courage [huom. ..."

12. Lectures on the History of England by M. J. Guest (1888)
"Each of the noblemen is to go to the place where he has most influence, and muster up his friends and their followers. The Earl of Warwick says— " In ..."

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