mobilise

verb4

1. •
   To make something mobile.
2. •
   To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
3. •
   To get ready for war.
4. •
   To become made ready for war.

   • All Whitby is mobilising against the economy plan, alleging that loss of railway facilities would turn the port into a "ghost town"; [...]. — 1964