marshal
/ˈmɑɹʃəl/ verb C2- To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
- To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
- To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
- To gather data for transmission.
- To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.
He/she/it marshals · Past marshaled · Past participle marshaled · -ing form marshaling
Verb forms
- Base form
- marshal
- He/she/it
- marshals
- Past
- marshaled
- Past participle
- marshaled
- -ing form
- marshaling
From the library
“I do not know, sir; it was to fulfil the last instructions of Captain Leclere, who, when dying, gave me a packet for Marshal Bertrand.”
“The marshal.”
“He entered the marshal’s apartment while I was there.”
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
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