REMOUNT

remount

(noun) a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

remount

(verb) provide with fresh horses; “remount a regiment”

remount

(verb) mount again, as after disassembling something

remount

(verb) mount again; “he remounted his horse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

remount (third-person singular simple present remounts, present participle remounting, simple past and past participle remounted)

(intransitive) To go up again; to rise another time. [from 15th c.]

(transitive) To help (someone) back on a horse. [from 15th c.]

(intransitive) To get back on a horse, bicycle etc. [from 15th c.]

(transitive) To get back on (an animal, vehicle) again. [from 16th c.]

(transitive) To ascend (something) again. [from 17th c.]

(transitive) To fix (something) back into position. [from 17th c.]

(transitive, computing) To mount (a drive or volume) again.

Noun

remount (plural remounts)

The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with its equipment.

(computing) The process of mounting a drive or volume again.

The restaging of a play or film.

Anagrams

• monture, mounter

Source: Wiktionary


Re*mount" (r-mount"), v. t. & i.

Definition: To mount again.

Re*mount", n.

Definition: The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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