OVERMOUNT

Etymology

Verb

overmount (third-person singular simple present overmounts, present participle overmounting, simple past and past participle overmounted)

(transitive) To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Noun

overmount (plural overmounts)

A piece of shaped cardboard used to prevent the glass of the frame from lying too closely upon an engraving or a picture.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*mount", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Surmount.]

Definition: To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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