Definition of "mobilise"

mobilise

verb
third-person singular simple present mobilises, present participle mobilising, simple past and past participle mobilised
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.
  Quotations
  All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...].
  1964 March, “News and Comment: Whitby closure in October?”, in Modern Railways, page 158
  And there were justified fears for the future of the Swanage branch, although enthusiasts were already mobilising themselves to take it over.
  2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69