remount

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verb

re·​mount (ˌ)rē-ˈmau̇nt How to pronounce remount (audio)
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 How to pronounce remount (audio)
(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.
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Verb
Despite the unprecedented hurdles, festival organizers feel the time is right to remount the event. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024 On humpback, you will be delivered to a nearby argan oil cooperative for breakfast and a tour before remounting your steed and taking in some startlingly serene views. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 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 See all Example Sentences for remount 

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of remount was in the 15th century

Cite this Entry

“Remount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remount. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

remount

1 of 2 verb
re·​mount (ˈ)rē-ˈmau̇nt How to pronounce remount (audio)
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 How to pronounce remount (audio)
(ˈ)rē-ˈmau̇nt
: a fresh horse to take the place of one no longer available
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