mount

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1. 1.A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi.
2. 2.3. Etym: [See Mont de piété.] A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.
5. 5.To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.
6. 6.To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.
7. 7.To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden.
8. 8.To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
9. 9.To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high Shak. Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them arranged for use in or about it. 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.
12. 12.That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as: (a) A horse. She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount. G. Eliot. (b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.] Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi called?
• What is 3. Etym: [See Mont de piété.] A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley called?
• What is to get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding called?
• What is to attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope called?
• What is to get upon; to ascend; to climb. Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden called?
• What is to place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride called?
• What is to cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden called?