Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MOUNT
MOUNT, v.t.
- To raise aloft; to lift on high. What power is it which mounts my love so high? Shak.
- To ascend; to climb; to get upon an elevated place; as, to mount a throne.
- To place one's self on horseback; as, to mount a horse.
- To furnish with horses; as, to mount a troop. The dragoons were well mounted.
- To put on or cover with something; to embellish wit ornaments; as, to mount a sword.
- To carry; to be furnished with; as, a ship of the line mounts seventy-four guns; a fort mounts a hundred cannon.
- 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.
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