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
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It was a large garden, only half cultivated, with bushes, as big as summer-houses, of Marshal Niel roses, lime and orange trees, clumps of bamboos, and thickets of high grass.
They therefore chose as leaders Mice that were most renowned for their family descent, strength, and counsel, as well as those most noted for their courage in the fight, so that they might be better marshaled in battle array and formed into troops, regiments, and battalions.
“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.”
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