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remount

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) remount (verb)
  2. 2) remount (noun)

1re·mount

verb \(ˌ)rē-ˈmau̇nt\

Definition of REMOUNT

transitive verb
1
: to mount (something) again <remount a picture>
2
: to furnish remounts to
intransitive verb
1
: to mount again
2
: revert
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Examples of REMOUNT

  1. a diamond remounted in a new setting
  2. I had to remount the tires on my car.
  3. I had trouble remounting the door.
  4. She fell off her horse but quickly remounted.
  5. She remounted her horse and finished her ride.

Origin of REMOUNT

Middle English, partly from re- + mounten to mount, partly from Anglo-French remunter, from re- + munter to mount
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with REMOUNT

account, amount, blood count, demount, discount, dismount, high-count, point count, recount, seamount, surmount, viscount

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