mobilise

• mobilize (US, Oxford British English)

From French mobiliser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

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mobilise (third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised) (non-Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To make something mobile.
2. (transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
3. (intransitive) To become made ready for war.
   • 1964 March, “News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?”, in Modern Railways, page 158:

     All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...].

   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:

     And there were justified fears for the future of the Swanage branch, although enthusiasts were already mobilising themselves to take it over.

• (antonym(s) of “make something mobile”): stabilise, fix
• (antonym(s) of “assemble troops and equipments to be ready for war”): demobilise

• mobilisation

mobilise

1. inflection of mobiliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative