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[[t]maʊnt[/t]]

v. t.

1) to go up; climb; ascend

2) to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.)

3) to set or place at an elevation:

to mount a house on stilts[/ex]

4) to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding

5) to set or place (a person) on horseback

6) to organize and launch (an attack, campaign, etc.)

7) to raise or put (a gun) into position for use

8) mil (of a fortress or warship) to have (guns) in position for use

9) to put (a sentry or watch) on guard

10) to fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.:

to mount a photograph[/ex]

11) sbz to provide (a play, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production

12) bio to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) for exhibition as a specimen

13) anb (of an animal) to climb upon (another animal) for copulation

14)

a) to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation

b) to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide

15) to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up):

The costs mounted up[/ex]

16) to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding

17) to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend

18) to get up on something, as a platform

19) the act or a manner of mounting

20) a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding

21) an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race

22) a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is mounted

23) fur an ornamental or functional metal piece on furniture

24) a slide prepared for examination by a microscope

25) phi any means of holding a stamp on a page for display

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Etymology: 1300–50; ME < OF munter, monter < VL *montāre, der. of L mont- (s. of mōns) mount II mount′a•ble, adj. II

mount

[[t]maʊnt[/t]] n.

a mountain: often used as part of a place name

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE munt < L mont- (s. of mōns) mountain, hill