Word: mount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman munter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare modern French monter. Pronunciation: /maʊnt/, [maʊnt], [maʊnʔ], [mãʊ̃(n)ʔ] 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb. Labels: transitive Example: to mount stairs Example: Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own? 2. To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride. Labels: transitive Example: The rider mounted his horse. 3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding. Labels: transitive Example: to mount the Trojan troop 4. To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: What power is it which mounts my love so high? 5. To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling. Labels: transitive 6. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Though Babylon ſhould mount vp to heauen, and though ſhee ſhould fortifie the height of her ſtrength, yet from me ſhall ſpoilers come vnto her, ſaith the Lord. Example: The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. 7. To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc. Labels: transitive Example: to mount a mailbox on a post Example: to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope 8. To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system. Labels: transitive Example: Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it. 9. To increase in quantity or intensity. Labels: intransitive, sometimes, with-up Example: The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea. 10. To attain in value; to amount (to). Labels: obsolete Example: Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. 11. To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation. Labels: transitive Example: When God presented Lilith to Adam, Adam was overjoyed and enthusiastically set her on the ground and tried to mount her after the fashion of the animals; but Lilith protested and said: "Why should I be on the bottom and you on the top?" 12. To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone. Labels: transitive Example: She mounted him last night. 13. To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch. Labels: transitive Example: The General gave the order to mount the attack. Example: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places. 14. To deploy (cannon) for use. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to mount a cannon 15. To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production). Labels: transitive 16. To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it). Example: Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.