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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mount \Mount\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mounting}.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See {Mount}, n. (above).] 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. [1913 Webster] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li. 53. [1913 Webster] The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. [1913 Webster] 3. To attain in value; to amount. [1913 Webster] Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. --Pope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mount \Mount\ (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr. L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent, menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. {Mount}, v., {Mountain}, {Mont}, {Monte}, {Montem}.] 1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry. [1913 Webster] 2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. --Jer. vi. 6. [1913 Webster] 3. [See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}.] A bank; a fund. [1913 Webster] 4. (Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Mount of piety}. See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mount \Mount\, n. [From {Mount}, v.] That upon which a person or thing is mounted, especially: (a) A horse. [1913 Webster] She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] (b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mount \Mount\, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster] Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame [1913 Webster] 5. To raise aloft; to lift on high. [1913 Webster] What power is it which mounts my love so high? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it. [1913 Webster] {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard. {To mount a play}, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc., used in the play. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: mount n 1: a lightweight horse kept for riding only [syn: {saddle horse}, {riding horse}, {mount}] 2: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: {climb}, {mount}] 3: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill [syn: {mountain}, {mount}] 4: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" [syn: {mount}, {setting}] 5: something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: {backing}, {mount}] v 1: attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a floating" 2: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: {wax}, {mount}, {climb}, {rise}] [ant: {wane}] 3: fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis" 4: put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pornography" 5: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: {hop on}, {mount}, {mount up}, {get on}, {jump on}, {climb on}, {bestride}] [ant: {get off}, {hop out}] 6: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: {climb}, {climb up}, {mount}, {go up}] 7: prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: {mount}, {put on}] 8: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: {ride}, {mount}]