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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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