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dismount

[v. dis-mount; n. dis-mount, dis-mount]

Origin

verb (used without object)

to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.

verb (used with object)

to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.

to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.

to take (a mechanism) to pieces.

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noun

an act or process of dismounting.

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; probably modeled on Medieval Latin dismontāre or Middle French desmonter. See dis-¹, mount¹

Related forms

dis·mount·a·ble, adjective

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dismount (dɪsˈmaʊnt)

—vb
1.	to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
2.	(tr) to disassemble or remove from a mounting

—n
3.	the act of dismounting

dis'mountable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

dismount

1530s, from dis- + mount (v.). Related: Dismounted.