remount

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verb

re·​mount (ˌ)rē-ˈmau̇nt 

remounted; remounting; remounts

transitive verb

1

: to mount (something) again

remount a picture

2

: to furnish remounts to

intransitive verb

1

: to mount again

2

: revert

remount

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noun

re·​mount ˈrē-ˌmau̇nt 

(ˌ)rē-ˈmau̇nt

: a fresh horse to replace one no longer available

Examples of remount in a Sentence

Verb

a diamond remounted in a new setting

I had to remount the tires on my car.

I had trouble remounting the door.

She fell off her horse but quickly remounted.

She remounted her horse and finished her ride.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The tire came to a rest near the concrete barrier dividing the northbound and southbound lanes, and Raider fled the scene after remounting the tire onto his truck. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024

By 2017, when Ozarks Technical College in Springfield asked if the show could be remounted, Wilkinson was committed to a more truthful plot. —Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024

Noun

The buzziest remounts of the season were two Stephen Sondheim masterpieces. —Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023

For the remount, Tomlin and Wagner and director Leigh Silverman have chosen Saturday Night Live’s versatile, wonderful Cecily Strong to play Tomlin’s part — a casting choice that seems, on paper, to make perfect sense. —Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, partly from re- + mounten to mount, partly from Anglo-French remunter, from re- + munter to mount

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1781, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

remount

1 of 2 verb

re·​mount (ˈ)rē-ˈmau̇nt 

1

: to mount something again

remount the picture on better cardboard

2

: to mount again

remount at once and ride back

remount

2 of 2 noun

re·​mount ˈrē-ˌmau̇nt 

(ˈ)rē-ˈmau̇nt

: a fresh horse to take the place of one no longer available