Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOUNT, v.i. [Fr. monter; It. montare; Sp. montar.]

1. To rise on high; to ascend; with or without up. Doth the eagle mount up at thy command? Job xxxix. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.
2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to be built to a great altitude. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li.
3. To get on horseback. Shak.
4. To leap upon any animal.
5. To amount; to rise in value. Bring them these blessings to a strict account, / Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. Pope.