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remount

noun

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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːmaʊnt/ / /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/

noun

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.

  1. The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with its equipment.

    to give somebody a remount

  2. The process of mounting a drive or volume again.
  3. The restaging of a play or film.

    Sometimes I tell people she is auditioning for a remount of the musical “Hair”.

    By mid-January they announced a remount of the television classic Peter Pan.

verb

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.

  1. To go up again; to rise another time.

    They remounted together to their sitting-room while Sir Claude, who said he would join them later, remained below to smoke and to converse with the old acquaintances that he met wherever he turned.

  2. To help (someone) back on a horse.
  3. To get back on a horse, bicycle etc.

    And, as it fell, his steed he ready found; / On whom remounting fiercely forth he rode […]

    We remounted and took up the same hard tempo.

  4. To get back on (an animal, vehicle) again.

    Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.

  5. To ascend (something) again.
  6. To fix (something) back into position.
  7. To mount (a drive or volume) again.