re|mount

re|mount
re|mount «verb. ree MOWNT; noun, adjective. REE MOWNT, ree MOWNT», verb, noun, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to mount again: »

to remount a picture. The fallen rider remounts his horse.

2. to furnish with fresh horses.
–v.i.
1. to mount a horse or other animal again.
2. to move upward again.
–n.
a fresh horse, or a supply of fresh horses, for use: »

Some of the cavalry had received remounts (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).

–adj.
of or having to do with remounts.
[< Old French remonter < re- again + monter. Compare etym. under mount1. (Cf.mount)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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