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mount⋅ing

  [moun-ting]
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–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that mounts.
2. something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like: a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see mount 1 , -ing 1
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mount

1  [mount]
–verb (used with object)
1. to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
3. to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts.
4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
5. to set or place (a person) on horseback.
6. to organize, as an army.
7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
9. (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
12. to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit.
13. to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
14. to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
16. Microscopy.
a. to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
b. to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.
–verb (used without object)
17. to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up): The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
18. to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
19. to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.; ascend.
20. to get up on something, as a platform.
–noun
21. the act or a manner of mounting.
22. a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
23. an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.
24. a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
25. an ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
26. Microscopy. a prepared slide.
27. a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
28. Philately. hinge (def. 4).
29. Printing. a wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
Origin:
1300–50; ME mounten < OF munter, monter < VL *montāre, deriv. of L mont- (s. of mōns) mount 2

Related forms:
mount⋅a⋅ble, adjective
mountless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. scale. See climb. 19. soar. 22. steed, charger, palfrey.

Antonyms:
1, 19. descend.
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mount 1   (mount)   
v.   mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts

v.   tr.

  1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.

  2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.

  3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.

    1. To furnish with a horse for riding.

    2. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.

    3. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.

    4. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.

    5. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    6. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  5. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.

    1. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.

    2. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.

    3. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    4. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.

  8. To organize and equip: mount an army.

  9. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.

    1. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    2. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  11. To post (a guard).

v.   intr.

  1. To go upward; rise.

  2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.

  3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See Synonyms at rise.

n.  

  1. The act or manner of mounting.

  2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.

  3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.

  4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:

    1. A glass slide for use with a microscope.

    2. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.

    3. A setting for a jewel.

    4. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.


[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
mount'a·ble adj., mount'er n.
mount·ing   (moun'tĭng)   
n.  Something that serves as a support, setting, or backing: a mounting for a gem.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mount  (v.)
13c., from O.Fr. monter "to go up, ascend, climb, mount," from V.L. *montare, from L. mons (gen. montis) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to set or place in position" first recorded 1539. Sense of "to get up on (a horse, etc.) to ride" is from 1509; "to get up on for purposes of copulation" is from 1592. The colloquial noun meaning "a horse for riding" first recorded 1856.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2mount
Function: noun
1 : a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope
2 : a specimen mounted on a slide for microscopic examination
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

mount (mount)
v. mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts
To prepare a specimen for microscopic examination, especially by positioning on a slide.

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