Mount Definition
mount
mounted, mounting, mounts
verb
mounted, mounting, mounts
To climb; ascend.
Webster's New World
To place oneself upon; get up on.
Mount a horse; mount a platform.
American Heritage Medicine
To climb up onto something; esp., to get on the back of a horse, on a bicycle, etc. for riding.
Webster's New World
To set (someone) on a horse.
Webster's New World
To climb or get up on (a platform, stool, etc.)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
mounts
A mountain or hill.
Mount McKinley.
Webster's New World
A raised fortification.
Webster's New World
The act or manner of mounting (a horse, etc.)
Webster's New World
A horse, camel, etc. for mounting and riding.
Webster's New World
An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- mountain
- setting
- backing
- riding horse
- saddle-horse
- climb
Origin of Mount
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From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill"), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain"); compare French monter.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English mounten from Old French monter from Vulgar Latin montāre from Latin mōns mont- mountain men-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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