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Meaning Of Mount
v.
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.
v.
A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
v.
A bank; a fund.
n.
To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to
tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
n.
To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold;
especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
n.
To attain in value; to amount.
v. t.
To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
v. t.
To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or
anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
v. t.
To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with
animals for riding; to furnish with horses.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To raise aloft; to lift on high.
v.
That upon which a person or thing is mounted
v.
A horse.
v.
The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or
the like is mounted; a mounting.