Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mount again.
- transitive verb To supply with a fresh horse.
- noun A fresh horse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The opportunity or means of remounting; specifically, a fresh horse with its furniture; also, a supply of fresh horses for cavalry.
- To mount again or anew, in any sense.
- To mount again; reascend; specifically, to mount a horse again.
- To go back, as in order of time or of reasoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To mount again.
- noun The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb mount again
- noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
- verb mount again, as after disassembling something
- verb provide with fresh horses
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had come into our lines, having one of those "remount" leaves from his command.
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By a "remount" I mean those who were granted leave of absence by the
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I then disconnect from the computer, and let the phone "remount" the memory card.
HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource NytCrawlr666 2010
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: -) I wonder why the 'remount' option didn't work ....
LinuxQuestions.org Andrew Dufresne 2010
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Invariably, one or the other prince wound up being pitched off his horse headfirst, only to pop back up, dust himself off, and remount.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Awang managed to remount his bike after the high-speed crash in Saturday's Keirin final and stagger across the line to claim a bronze medal.
Malaysian cyclist has wood removed from leg after crash 2011
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Invariably, one or the other prince wound up being pitched off his horse headfirst, only to pop back up, dust himself off, and remount.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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BTW, if you do remount that scope, don't go "farmer tight" on the rings. 20 to 25 inch lbs is plenty tight, and too tight can affect the scopes performance.
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Often a rider will hit the pavement in a pile-up only to remount his carbon bike and continue on his way after only a cursory assessment of his bike.
Ask Nick: Questions about classics gear, crashes on carbon bikes and lined-up handlebars 2010
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Sheppard, however, was able to nurse his bike to the pit and grab a spare in time to remount the chase.
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