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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dismount \Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dismounted}; p. pr & vb n. {Dismounting}.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf OF desmonter F. d['e]monter.] 1. To come down to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser. 2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off as a rider from his beast; as the troops dismounted. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dismount \Dis*mount"\, v. t. 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like Dismounted from his authority. --Barrow. 2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as the soldier dismounted his adversary. 3. (Mech.) To take down or apart, as a machine. 4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dismount n : the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) v : get off (a horse) [syn: {unhorse}, {light}, {get off}, {get down}]
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