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mounted |
3 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]: Mounted \Mount"ed\, a. 1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as mounted police; mounted infantry. 2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mounted adj 1: on horseback or provided with horses; "mounted police" [ant: {unmounted}] 2: assembled for use especially by being attached to a support 3: decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason
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