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Verb: mobilize  'mow-bu,lIz
  1. Make ready for action or use
    "mobilize resources";
    - mobilise [Brit], marshal, summon
     
  2. Call to arms; of military personnel
    "The government mobilized the reserves";
    - call up, mobilise [Brit], rally
     
  3. Get ready for war
    "The country mobilized its troops";
    - mobilise [Brit]
     
  4. Cause to move around
    "The coach mobilized the team for an early morning practice";
    - mobilise [Brit]

Derived forms: mobilized, mobilizes, mobilizing

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

Antonym: demobilise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Mobilize