4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li
53.
The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
--Cowley.
2. To get up on anything as a platform or scaffold;
especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
3. To attain in value; to amount.
Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make
fair deductions, see to what they mount. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mounting \Mount"ing\, n.
1. The act of one that mounts.
2. That by which anything is prepared for use or set off to
advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as the
mounting of a sword or diamond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mounting \Mount"ing\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
= {Carriage}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mounting
n 1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in
altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: {climb},
{climbing}]
2: used for support or display
3: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or
discord) [syn: {fomentation}, {instigation}]
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