mobilize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mo=bi=lize

CIDE DICTIONARY

mobilize, v. t. [F. mobiliser.].

•  To assemble and organize and make ready for use or action; as, to mobilize volunteers for the election campaign.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps; as, to mobilize the National Guard.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mobilize, v. (also -ise)
1 a tr. organize for service or action (esp. troops in time of war). b intr. be organized in this way.
2 tr. render movable; bring into circulation.

Derivative

mobilizable adj. mobilization n. mobilizer n.

Etymology

F mobiliser (as MOBILE)

THESAURUS

mobilize

accouple, accumulate, activate, actuate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, arrange, articulate, assemble, associate, band, batch, beat the drums, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, call to arms, call up, cement, chain, circulate, clap together, clear for action, clear the decks, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, commandeer, compare, compile, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, conscript, copulate, corral, couple, cover, cumulate, cure, deploy, detach, detach for service, dig up, draft, draw together, dredge up, dress, drive, drive together, embrace, encompass, enlist, enroll, fix, fix up, gather, gather in, gather together, get in, get ready, get together, glue, group, impel, impress, include, induct, join, juxtapose, knot, lay together, league, levy, link, list, lump together, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, make up, marry, marshal, mass, match, merge, motivate, move, muster, muster in, nudge, organize, pair, partner, piece together, plan, prearrange, prep, prepare, press, pretreat, process, propel, provide, push, put in shape, put together, raise, rake up, rally, reactivate, ready, ready up, recruit, remilitarize, roll into one, round up, scrape together, set in motion, set off, settle preliminaries, shove, sign on, sign up, solder, span, splice, stick together, summon, take in, take up, tan, tape, tie, treat, trim, try out, unify, unite, weld, whip in, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

mobilize

Motion

VB be in motion, move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit, hover about, hover round, hover about, shift, slide, glide, roll, roll on, flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along, wander, walk, change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters, dodge, keep going, keep moving, put in motion, set in motion, move, impel, propel, render movable, mobilize.