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Verb: mobilise  'mow-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: mobilize)
  1. Make ready for action or use
    "mobilise resources";
    - mobilize, marshal, summon
     
  2. Call to arms; of military personnel
    "The government mobilised the reserves";
    - call up, mobilize, rally
     
  3. Get ready for war
    "The country mobilised its troops";
    - mobilize
     
  4. Cause to move around
    "The general mobilised troops for the upcoming battle";
    - mobilize

Derived forms: mobilised, mobilises, mobilising

Type of: call, collect, displace, garner, gather, militarise [Brit], militarize, move, pull together, send for

Antonym: demob [Brit, informal], inactivate

Encyclopedia: Mobilise