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Mount   /maʊnt/   Listen
noun
Mount  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. (Obs.) "Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem."
3.
A bank; a fund.
4.
(Palmistry) Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand which are taken as significant of the influence of "planets," and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.
Mount of piety. See Mont de piete.


Mount  n.  That upon which a person or thing is mounted, especially:
(a)
A horse. "She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount."
(b)
The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting.


verb
Mount  v. t.  
1.
To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. "Shall we mount again the rural throne?"
2.
To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
3.
To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop."
4.
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.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a frame
5.
To raise aloft; to lift on high. "What power is it which mounts my love so high?" 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.


Mount  v. i.  (past & past part. mounted; pres. part. mounting)  
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." "The fire of trees and houses mounts on high."
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."





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"Mount" Quotes from Famous Books



... He got ready to mount the masonry and spring over, when he felt a tongue licking his hands. He turned, and Homo was behind him. Gwynplaine uttered a cry. Homo wagged his tail. Then the wolf led the way down a narrow platform to the wharf, and Gwynplaine followed him. On the vessel alongside ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Volume V. • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
... weather and the beautiful scenery combined with the beautiful memories to make it a memorable occasion. Mrs. Livermore wrote afterwards: "It was greater and grander than any public day, not specially devoted to religion, that I have ever known. The hill was a Mount of Transfiguration, the faces ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various
... I ever forget the scene of laughter and riot, when you installed me within the capacious vessel, dubbed me "Countess Guy, of the Porridge-Pot," and, the rest of my party having been induced to accept the hospitalities of the place, and mount my triumphal car, declared your intention to light a fire beneath and have the finest stew in all England? The castle is a stern place, perhaps; but how can I ever think it grim, with such a jolly old flatterer as ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 • Various
... summer days, at the noon recess, he was wont to sit in the shade of the house with his open Bible in his hand. Often we would overhear him, with painstaking repetition, studying a psalm of David, or some passage from the 'Sermon on the Mount.' I heard him in the pulpit once when he preached a warning discourse, his theme that of John the Baptist, 'Repent, and be baptized!' He was not a 'shouter' or a 'ranter,' but spoke and acted in a quiet, manly way. His sincerity was such that he thoroughly won our respect, ...
— The American Missionary - Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 1890 • Various
... the church, is entirely occupied by the subject of the Ascension. At the highest point of it Christ is represented as rising into the blue heaven, borne up by four angels, and throned upon a rainbow, the type of reconciliation. Beneath him, the twelve apostles are seen upon the Mount of Olives, with the Madonna, and, in the midst of them, the two men in white apparel who appeared at the moment of the Ascension, above whom, as uttered by them, are inscribed the words, "Ye men of Galilee, ...
— The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3) • John Ruskin


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