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dis⋅mount

  [v. dis-mount; n. dis-mount, dis-mount]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
3. to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.
4. to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
–noun
5. an act or process of dismounting.
6. Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
Origin:
1525–35; prob. modeled on ML dismontāre or MF desmonter. See dis- 1 , mount 1

Related forms:
dis⋅mount⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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dis·mount   (dĭs-mount')   
v.   dis·mount·ed, dis·mount·ing, dis·mounts

v.   intr.
  1. To get off or down, as from a horse.
  2. To get out of a vehicle.
v.   tr.
  1. To remove from a support, setting, or mounting.
  2. To unseat or throw off, as from a horse.
  3. To disassemble (a mechanism, for example).
n.   (dĭs'mount')
  1. The act or manner of dismounting, especially from a horse.
  2. Sports A move in gymnastics whereby the gymnast gets off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise, typically landing on both feet.

[Probably alteration of obsolete French desmonter, to unseat : des-, dis- + monter, to mount; see mount1.]
dis·mount'a·ble adj.
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Dismount

Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d['e]monter.]

1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

Dismount

Dis*mount"\, v. t. 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

Dismounted from his authority. --Barrow.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.
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Language Translation for : dismount
Spanish: desmontar,
German: absteigen, absitzen,
Japanese: 降りる
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dismount 
1533, from dis- + mount (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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