Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOUNT, v.t.

1. To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high? Shak.
2. To ascend; to climb; to get upon an elevated place; as, to mount a throne.
3. To place one's self on horseback; as, to mount a horse.
4. To furnish with horses; as, to mount a troop. The dragoons were well mounted.
5. To put on or cover with something; to embellish wit ornaments; as, to mount a sword.
6. To carry; to be furnished with; as, a ship of the line mounts seventy-four guns; a fort mounts a hundred cannon.
7. To raise and place on a carriage; as, to mount a cannon. To mount guard, to take the station and do the duty of a sentinel.